Barrow in Dunkip, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In improved pasture 160m N of Camoge River. Enclosure (LI031-160---) lies 260m to SW. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified from examination of aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 44) of the region taken on 03/11/1984 associated with Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 March 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI031-139

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