Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Meadagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meadagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46809, -8.52668
- SMR number
- LI040-254----
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 115m SW of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Milltown. Ditch barrow (LI040-253----) lies 22m to NW and barrow (LI040-247----) lies 25m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible barrow by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 127.02; AP 5/2069). Visible as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a ditch on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (348) 22). Faint traces of a cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bruff image labelled Bruff 127.02, oblique aerial image (ASIAP (348) 22) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 30 June 2021
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
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