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Barrow - ditch barrow

Mitchelstowndown West, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ditch barrow, Mitchelstowndown West, 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
Mitchelstowndown West
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1928)
Coordinates
52.40737, -8.39900
SMR number
LI049-008----

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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 reclaimed pasture immediately N of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Glenlary. A possible ditch-barrow (LI049-233----) lies 90m to the NW. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 21m) defined by a scarp with fosse from SW-N-S. Truncated at S by the Morningstar River running NW-SE. Faint outline of partial cropmark visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Faint partial cropmark on Earth orthoimages.

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Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 12 September 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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