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Barrow - ring-barrow

Common, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Common, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Common
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.47205, -8.81555
SMR number
LI038-167----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In rough upland area on the summit of a ridge, ringfort known locally as 'Lissnaderne' (LI038-022----) lies 270m to SW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Surveyed in 1994 and described as a flat circular-shaped area (diam. 5m) defined by a U-shaped fosse (top Wth 2m; base Wth 0.8m; D 0.7m) and a low earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.4m; int. H 0.8m) with traces of a possible causewayed entrance (Wth 1.5m) at ESE (SMR File, Field Report P. Danaher 01/07/1994). Outline of monument visible as circular-shaped area of clear vegetation on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-2012. Scrub-free area visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments in 1994 (Schedule Serial No. 14/94).

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Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 17 April 2021

References

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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