Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Knockainy West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockainy West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47135, -8.47972
- SMR number
- LI040-235----
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 pasture 335m W of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Baggotstown-East. Earthwork (LI040-191----) lies 175m to SW and possible ditch-barrow (LI040-268003-) 100m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible barrow by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 235; AP 5/2072). No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bruff aerial photograph labelled 235 and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 28 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.