Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Knockrour, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockrour
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.30235, -8.22114
- SMR number
- LI058-005----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 undulating wet pasture that has been reclaimed, on S facing slope with good views from NW to E. Remains consist of a slightly raised small sub-circular shaped area (diam. 4m N-S x 2.4m E-W) defined by a scarp with no trace of an enclosing fosse. Depicted as a small mound on Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not indicated on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 20 October 2021
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- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.