Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Brickfield, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brickfield
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34588, -8.58459
- SMR number
- LI055-046----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (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
Situated on poorly drained floodplains of the Graigue River which runs past the monument immediately to S. Area depicted as wet land, annotated ‘Liable to Floods’ on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Outline of circular shaped area (approx. int. diam. 20m; ext. diam. 50m) defined by a scarp with ditch, bank, ditch and external bank which is clearly visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Outline of monument clearly visible on 2005 OSi orthophoto and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016.
See attached Google Earth orthophotos taken 16/03/2016
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 29 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.