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Barrow - unclassified

Ballingayrour, County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland
Ballingayrour
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.46295, -8.58718
SMR number
LI039-133----

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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 a clearing within a modern coniferous forestry plantation. Enclosure (LI039-149----) lies 200m to W. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 20; AP 5/2064) as a ring-barrow. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.

See attached Bruff aerial image with possible barrow labelled Bruff 20 and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 8 May 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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