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Barrow - unclassified

Ash Hill, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - unclassified, Ash Hill, 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
Ash Hill
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.39603, -8.58115
SMR number
LI047-104----

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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

In pasture, immediately to N (c. 4m) of the avenue leading to Ash Hill Towers country house. A grass-covered oblong mound (14.6m N-S; 22.8m E-W) with the traces of a possible shallow fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.15m) NNW-ENE. The mound is highest (H 1.2m) at its centre point and is abutted by a farm trackway at NW. It would appear that when trees were planted along the N side of the avenue about 200 years ago, they were planted in an arc around the mound as if to respect its presence. In a letter to her American fiancé dated 15 March 1908, Eileen (Weldon) notes "close to the avenue, as they call it, although there are trees on only one side of the road, is a large green mound which is supposed to mark the burial place of one of the Irish chieftains and a number of his followers. It was the custom in those days to bury a dozen or so of his slaves with every chieftain. Father says he would like to explore the spot, but not a man could be found who would put a spade into the sacred earth".

Compiled by: Matt Kelleher

Date of upload: 30 April 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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