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Barrow - bowl-barrow

Duncummin, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - bowl-barrow, Duncummin, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Duncummin
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.48908, -8.36745
SMR number
TS057-015----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

In a locally prominent position, on top of a broad gently sloping rise, in gently undulating pasture. Originally circular, the bowl-barrow now consists of a roughly D-shaped raised area (dims. 16m N-S; 10m E-W) enclosed by a gently sloping earthen scarp (Wth 7m; ext. H 1.4m) with an broad flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at base 2.1m) and a very low broad external earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.1m; Wth at top 2m; overall Wth. 5m). From NNE-SE, the fosse and the external bank are absent and the scarp defining the interior is eroded back to form the straight side of the present D-shape. A roughly circular shallow pond (diam. c. 10m; max. D 0.5m) is located on the line of the fosse at NNE. The interior is level across the W two-thirds while the E one-third slopes gently facing E where the original scarp has been eroded back. A standing stone (TS057-015002-) is located on the top of the outer bank at SE.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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