Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Rathanny, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathanny
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46109, -8.45057
- SMR number
- LI040-026004-
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 reclaimed wet pasture, one of a group of eleven possible barrows (LI040-026002-; 026004-/0260013) and 50m NW of large impressive barrow (LI040-026001-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Potential site identified as circular cropmark during examination of aerial photographs by the Discovery Programme. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophotograph taken 2005-12 or Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bruff aerial photograph (2075) marked (No. 4) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 15 May 2021
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