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Barrow - ring-barrow

Ballynaveen, County Tipperary South, Ireland

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Townland
Ballynaveen
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.46347, -8.39465
SMR number
TS065-007002-

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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 gently undulating wet pasture, on the W edge of a small barrow cemetery, with ring-barrows (TS 065-007001- and TS065-007003-) c. 20m to the SSE and c. 100m to the NE respectively and ditch barrows (TS 065-007004-; TS 065-007005-; TS 065-007006- and TS 065-007007-) c. 100m to the E, c. 90m to the E, c. 95m to the SE and c. 50m to the NE respectively. Identified on an aerial photograph (Ordnance Survey 2404/3). Circular area (diam. 5m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (Wth 0.7m; H 0.1m) with a shallow fosse (Wth at base 0.6m) and an external low broad earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; overall Wth 1m). The W half of the circuit is better preserved while the E half is barely visible at ground level. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 12 May 2014

Nearby in the register

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

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