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Barrow - ditch barrow

Rathanny, County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland
Rathanny
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.46132, -8.45081
SMR number
LI040-026007-

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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 reclaimed wet pasture, one of a group of eleven possible barrows (LI040-026002/006-; 026008/013-), 130m NW of large impressive barrow (LI040-026001-) and immediately W of possible ditch (LI040-026008-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 61.02: AP 5/2101) as a small circular cropmark of a possible barrow. Monument is visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AVT026; AYO038) taken 20/07/1968 and 10/07/1969. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophotograph taken 2005-12. Outline of possible ditch barrow (diam. c. 7m) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13.

See attached CUCAP and Bruff aerial photograph (AP 5/2101) with site marked No. 7.

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 18 May 2021

See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 347/18 on 05/01/2003.

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

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

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