Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Knocklong West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocklong West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.44013, -8.43245
- SMR number
- LI040-264----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, 45m E of townland boundary with Ballycahill and 95m W of townland boundary with Knocklong, an earthwork (LI040-227----) lies 225m to the SE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 144; AP 5/2124) as a circular cropmark of a possible barrow. Monument visible as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 4m) defined by a fosse on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.
See attached Bruff aerial photograph marked 144 and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 6 July 2021
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.