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Barrow - unclassified

Rathcannon, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - unclassified, Rathcannon, 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
Rathcannon
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.47094, -8.62978
SMR number
LI039-022----

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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 flat wet reclaimed floodplains of the Morningstar River 80m to NW, ring-ditch (LI039-205----) immediately to SSE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a sub-circular shaped platform (diam. c. 16m) defined by a scarp. Not marked on 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map indicating that the monument was levelled between these map dates. Partially levelled monument visible as a circular-shaped area defined by a scarp and wide fosse on aerial photograph (ASIAP (328) 7, 3) taken 5/10/2002. Monument visible as a sunken circular shaped area (diam. c. 10m) standing inside a larger circular-shaped area (diam. c. 48m) defined by a waterlogged fosse visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages.

See attached Archaeological Survey of Ireland aerial photograph (ASIAP (328) 7, 3) and Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 14 April 2021

See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 328/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 on 15/10/2002.

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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