Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Oldtown (bennett), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldtown (bennett)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47266, -8.39313
- SMR number
- LI033-143----
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 wet pasture, 190m S of the River Mahore and 20m east of possible enclosure (LI033-142----). Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument visible as small circular-shaped area defined by a fosse on aerial photograph (ASIAP (364) 8,(369) 7) taken 10/05/2003. Trace of circular-shaped cropmark visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached aerial photograph (ASIAP (364) 8, (369) 7) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 16 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.