Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Ballinvana, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvana
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.42768, -8.46533
- SMR number
- LI040-106002-
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, 45m W of Morningstar River that forms townland boundary with Elton and 55m S of townland boundary with Stephenstown. Not marked on OSi historic maps. The most northerly of six possible barrows (LI040-106003/007-) within a possible field system (LI040-106001-). Identified as a circular feature during examination of Bórd Gáis Éireann gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5,000, 2562) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Monument visible as the cropmark of a possible ditch barrow (diam. c. 4m) intersected at W by a linear cropmark possibly a drainage ditch running NE-SW on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/09/2019.
See attached BGE aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimage.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 22 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.