Possible new Weather Related Find

cfuserkildare

Have been looking at a mark in a field as in the attachment, and cannot decide definitively if it is a major earthwork, or just a field boundary mark.
(Circular marking in the lower left of center field, below the eye shaped enclosure)
Personally I think it is too large and too circular for a boundary marker.

Anyone any opinions?

slowburner

cfuserkildare wrote: »

Have been looking at a mark in a field as in the attachment, and cannot decide definitively if it is a major earthwork, or just a field boundary mark.
(Circular marking in the lower left of center field, below the eye shaped enclosure)
Personally I think it is too large and too circular for a boundary marker.

Anyone any opinions?

Looks promising. There is a subcircular enclosing crop mark in the field to the west too (assuming north is top of picture). Pass it on to Monuments, and let them decide.

cfuserkildare

I have seen lots of vague sites, but NMS understandably won't classify a monument unless it is reasonably obvious/distinct.

macgabhs

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ov3ddr4hjk5s01f/IMG_0885.JPG?dl=0

On a related note I’ve noticed some crop marks in a field near me on the latest google maps imagery is this anything of significance? From a quick google a Bronze Age barrow is a possibility. Any opinions?

slowburner

macgabhs wrote: »

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ov3ddr4hjk5s01f/IMG_0885.JPG?dl=0

On a related note I’ve noticed some crop marks in a field near me on the latest google maps imagery is this anything of significance? From a quick google a Bronze Age barrow is a possibility. Any opinions?

An enclosure or ring ditch with two probable barrows. Very clear. Have you checked the monuments viewer to see if they have been recorded previously?

macgabhs

slowburner wrote: »

An enclosure or ring ditch with two probable barrows. Very clear. Have you checked the monuments viewer to see if they have been recorded previously?

Had a look at the viewer there is a listing for circular crop marks identified in aerial photographs from 1970. How common are these sort of things?

slowburner

There are tens of thousands of ring barrows nationwide (Limerick has 905, for example) but clusters like this are less common.

macgabhs

Thanks for that very interesting to know something like this is so close to me. Any implications for landowners where there are found?

slowburner

Every national monument is protected by law. There is also a zone of notification that extends for some distance outside the monument. This means that the landowner must by law, notify the authorities in advance of any works that could affect the monument. See here

cfuserkildare

slowburner wrote: »

Every national monument is protected by law. There is also a zone of notification that extends for some distance outside the monument. This means that the landowner must by law, notify the authorities in advance of any works that could affect the monument. See here

Have found another 3 since the Straffan find.