What is recorded here

Barrow is a mound barrow in County Limerick, Ireland, where an oval earthwork still stands beside the River Maigue. The 1840 and 1897 maps captured its circular shape before cattle, weather and time softened the edge. A shallow ditch marks part of the boundary, while the dry interior waits beneath pasture and memory for someone to imagine whose hands first shaped it.

In pasture on a slight NNW-facing slope with moderate to good views in all directions. Located 110m SW of the River Maigue and the townland boundary with Castleroberts, ringfort (LI021-083----) 450m to SSE. The site is depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised area defined by a sloping bank (ext. diam. 25m). Inspected by the ASI in 2000 when it was described as a raised oval-shaped area (int. diam. 14m NNW-SSE; 10m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen scarped edge with an external fosse (Wth 4.1m; int. D 1.1m; ext. D 0.3m) only visible at N and W. The interior is dry and clear of overgrowth. Trees located on the edge of the monument are visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 12 August 2020

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