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Barrow - ring-barrow

Derk, County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland: Derk
County: Limerick
Country: Ireland
First-edition OS map: Hachured
Latest-edition OS map: Hachured (1928)
Coordinates: 52.52322, -8.34311
SMR number: LI033-036001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 a slight rise in reclaimed pasture 900m SE of the summit of Derk Hill (OD 781 ft.) and 100m N of townland boundary with Tonaree. Fields enclosed by drainage ditches associated with estate belonging to Derk House located 800m to NE. One of a complex of 14 barrows (LI033-036001/009; LI033-090/91-; LI033-121/122-; LI033-154----) concentrated in the S half of Derk townland with the closest barrow (LI033-036009-) immediately to the S. Monument depicted on OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped platform (diam. 2C. 7m). Surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as a circular-shaped area (dims. 24m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by a shallow fosse (Wth 4.55m; D 0.2m) best preserved from WNW-ENE and from ESE-WSW. A linear depression running E-W to immediate S is one of a number of drainage ditches. Outline of monument clearly visible on OSi orthophotos 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018.

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Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 22 March 2021

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