Barrow - ditch barrow

The National Monuments Service's description

In wet pasture, on a low ridge 200m W of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Knocklong West. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 114.02; AP 5/2123) as a possible barrow. One of 28 barrows which make up the Elton barrow cemetery (LI040-229002/029-) recorded within a single field (Doody 1999, 97-8). Listed by the Discovery Programme as a potential barrow (Site No. 02) on examination of Bruff aerial photographic survey. Sixteen barrows clearly visible on a Topographic Survey of this field undertaken by the Discovery Programme (The Discovery Programme, “Topographic survey of Elton, County Limerick.,” accessed June 3 2021, http://discoveryprogrammeimages.locloudhosting.net/items/show/2868).
Twenty-two barrows were identified on a Magnetometry Survey of the same field carried out by the Discovery Programme (The Discovery Programme, “Magnetometry survey of Elton, County Limerick.,” accessed June 3, 2021, http://discoveryprogrammeimages.locloudhosting.net/items/show/2869).
Faint cropmark of possible barrow visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.

See attached aerial photograph (Site No. 02), Google Earth orthoimages, topographic survey and Digital Terrain Model of Elton barrow cemetery by the Discovery Programme.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 25 June 2021

References

Doody, M. 1999 The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Reports 5, 97-100.