Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Cush, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cush
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.38558, -8.45606
- SMR number
- LI048-033002-
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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 poorly drained pasture. Not marked on historic OSi maps. One of two barrows (LI048-033001-/002-) excavated by Ó Ríordáin (1936, 180-181) in the townland of Cush located on Mr. W. O’Donnell’s farm and described as following; ‘A second similar barrow was excavated in the same field, and others could be seen at certain states of the vegetation.’ No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Faint outline of possible ditch barrow visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/03/2018.
See attached RMP map with location marked ‘X’ and Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 12 August 2021
References
Ó Ríordáin, S.P. 1936 Excavations at Lissard, Co. Limerick and other sites in the locality. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 66, 173-85.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Urn burialunder 1 mi
- Urn burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.