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Barrow - unclassified

Ballinlee North, County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland
Ballinlee North
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.46626, -8.56376
SMR number
LI039-044005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 pasture, 208m W of townland with Ballygreenan. Located in the centre of a group of six barrows (LI039-044001/004-; 044006/007-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Possible site (Site No. 039140) identified during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/50000 2543) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Monument visible as small circular cropmark (diam. c. 5m) on Google earth orthoimage dated 24/09/2018.

See attached aerial photograph from Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline (BGE 1/50000 2543) and Google Earth orthoimage dated 24/09/2018.

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 6 April 2021

References

Grogan, E. 1989 The Early Prehistory of the Lough Gur Region: Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement patterns in North Munster, south of the River Shannon, 3 Vols. Doctoral PhD Thesis submitted to the Dept. of Archaeology, University College Dublin.

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