Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Knockainy West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockainy West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.48258, -8.45977
- SMR number
- LI032-311----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In improved, rough, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 65m SW of a townland boundary with Knockainy East. Ring-barrow (LI032-310----) lies 2m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified on an aerial photograph (ASIAP 348, 7) taken 05/01/2003 where it is visible as a small circular-shaped earthwork. Upstanding monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 11m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage 05/04/2006.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage and ASIAP (348, 7)
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 29 November 2020
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
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- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.