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Barrow - ditch barrow

Newtown (coshlea By.), County Limerick, Ireland

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Townland
Newtown (coshlea By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.39882, -8.36248
SMR number
LI049-236001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 wet pasture, 85m NE of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Knockaunavlyman. Barrow (LI049-236002--) lies 15m to the E and barrow (LI049-236003-) 25m to SE. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Possible barrow listed as ‘Newtown 4’ by Grogan (1989, 244). Faint outline visible on OSi orthoimage taken between 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.

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Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 12 October 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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