Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Ballinstona North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinstona North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.44667, -8.54532
- SMR number
- LI040-212003-
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 pasture, 30m SE of townland boundary with Goat Island and 750m SE of Greenpark House. In the centre of a large enclosure (LI040-212005-), possible conjoined barrows (LI040-212001/002-) lie 23m to the W and a possible ditch barrow (LI040-212004-) lies 35m to the NE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as circular cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 139.03; AP 5/2109). Monument visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 6m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Monument clearly visible on Google Earth orthophoto dated 04/04/2013.
See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 139.03 and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 30 June 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.