What is recorded here
Barrow in Annagh, County Limerick is a possible ditch barrow still hidden beneath flat reclaimed pasture, not a proven chamber or named burial place. The story is that human hands may have shaped the earth there long before maps, while cattle and rain have since smoothed the evidence. It remains a quiet invitation to imagine what the field forgot.
In reclaimed pasture, ringfort (LI024-029----) 90m to NW. Second possible ditch-barrow (LI024-347----) 40m to W. Faint outline of ditch-barrow visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 18/11/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 29 September 2020
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence suggests a local funerary tradition and may indicate a broader pattern of burial practices in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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