What is recorded here

Barrow is a ring-barrow in County Limerick, Ireland. It lies in low-lying pasture near Ballyhurst, with another barrow and a standing stone within a short walk. The circle shows only as a faint cropmark, yet it has watched the land change from above and below for centuries.

In low-lying, improved pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 75m E of a townland boundary with Ballyhurst. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Ring-barrow (LI024-267----) and a standing stone (LI024-290----) lie 110m to NNE and 120m to SE, respectively. Monument identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 161: AP 4/3677). Monument is visible as a faint, roughly circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 11m) on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 161. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 October 2020

A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE, likely used as a burial monument. Its association with a standing stone suggests ritual or ceremonial significance in the local prehistoric landscape.

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