Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Common, County Limerick, Ireland
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----
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 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).
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.