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Barrow - ditch barrow

Ballinstona South, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ditch barrow, Ballinstona South, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballinstona South
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.43881, -8.55099
SMR number
LI040-294----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Situated on reclaimed poorly drained pasture. Ring-barrow (LI040-275----) 116m to SW. Cropmark of possible ditch-barrow consisting of a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 12m) defined by a fosse that is visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016. Outline of possible ditch-barrow visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-12 and faint cropmark visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13.

See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 16/03/2016

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère

Date of upload: 5 August 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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