Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Newtown (coshlea By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (coshlea By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.40580, -8.35677
- SMR number
- LI049-051----
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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 pasture, 60m W of townland boundary with Duntryleague. A field system (LI049-048001-) lies 175m to the W with possible barrows (LI049-052/048004-) 40m to the S and 90m to the W respectively. Not marked on OSi 6-inch maps. Possible barrow identified as a circular cropmark on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2582, No. 218) taken 03/11/1984. Monument visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 7m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached BGE aerial photographs and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 21 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.