Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Ballintober,glenbrohane,glenaree, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintober,glenbrohane,glenaree
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mound (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.37164, -8.40056
- SMR number
- LI049-166----
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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 a clearing within a large upland forestry plantation 760m S of the summit (1531 ft. 566m), known as the Pinnacle, on Slievereagh. Boundary mound marking the townland boundary between Ballintober, Glenarre and Glenbrohane. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated 'Mound' on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 25 October 2021
Nearby in the register
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- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Urn burialunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.