What is recorded here

Barrow is a ditch barrow in County Limerick, Ireland. It lies in reclaimed pasture 95m E of a stream and 66m SW of the townland boundary with Lissard. One of 6 barrows in a field to E of a drainage ditch that makes up a barrow cemetery concentrated in an area measuring 100m N-S x 115m E-W. Barrow cemetery lies 200m to W and enclosure lies 15m to E. Three of the 6 barrows in this cemetery were excavated in 1935 by S. P. Ó Ríordáin. The results were described as disappointing as no unmistakable burial was found in any of the barrows excavated. This site is located in S of the field 25m to the SW of the excavated barrow. No surface remains are visible on satellite images.

In reclaimed pasture 95m E of a stream and 66m SW of the townland boundary with Lissard. One of 6 barrows (LI049-072010/015-) in a field to E of drainage ditch that makes up a barrow cemetery concentrated in an area measuring 100m N-S x 115m E-W. Barrow cemetery (LI049-072001/009-) lies 200m to W and enclosure (LI049-072016-) lies 15m to E. Three of the 6 barrows (LI049-072010/015-) in this cemetery were excavated in 1935 by S. P. Ó Ríordáin (1936, 176-177) the results of which were described as follows; ‘In 1935 further excavations were conducted on a total of twenty of these monuments. The results were frankly disappointing as no unmistakable burial was found in any of the barrows excavated’ (Ó Ríordáin 1936, 177). This site which was excavated is located in S of the field 25m to the SW of the excavated barrow (LI049-072015-). No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached location map taken from Ó Ríordáin and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 27 September 2021

Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, part of a barrow cemetery. Its presence indicates a significant prehistoric funerary landscape in the area.

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