Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Gortacloona, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortacloona
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.49439, -8.45985
- SMR number
- LI032-341----
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
On reclaimed poorly drained pasture, 40m W of the River Mahore which marks the townland boundary with Ballynamona. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Possible ditch-barrow is visible as a small circular shaped area (diam. c. 15m) defined by a ditch on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012. Outline of monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 22 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.