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Barrow - ring-barrow

Oldtown (bennett), County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland: Oldtown (bennett)
County: Limerick
Country: Ireland
First-edition OS map: Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map: Hachured
Coordinates: 52.47477, -8.39519
SMR number: LI033-048002-

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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

Barrow described in 1942-3 as following; 'This consists of a circular platform surrounded by a fosse. Outside the fosse is a slight bank which is broken in four places. These breaks seem to have been caused by the making of drains in the field. But in spite of the drains the fosse remains water-logged. The platform has a height of 1' [0.3m] over the field level and the overall diameter is 204' [62m]. It is in low-lying marshy ground. In the north-west quadrant of the platform is a very well made ring-barrow. This consists of a slight mound around which there is a fosse which is well defined. Outside this there is a very slight continuous bank. The overall diameter is 36' [11m] (O'Kelly 1942-3, 239). Outline of barrow clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 6 March 2020

See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP - 369/2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 on 10/05/2003.

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.

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