What is recorded here
Barrow is a ditch barrow in County Limerick, Ireland. It lies in reclaimed pasture 45m W of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Milltown. The ditch may have marked a boundary, a burial place or a sacred circle before pasture and forgetting closed over it.
In reclaimed pasture 45m W of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Milltown. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Visible as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a ditch on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (348) 22). Monument is visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 04/04/2013. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.
See attached oblique aerial image (ASIAP (348) 22) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 29 June 2021
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its presence indicates early ceremonial or funerary activity in the area. The lack of depiction on historic maps suggests it may have been lost to agricultural activity before systematic archaeological recording.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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