Punchestown

Nearest town:
Ballymore Eustace (6km SSE)
OS reference:
N916161
OS sheet:
55
Latitude:
53° 11' 14.98 N
Longitude:
6° 37' 46.26 W
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Images

Image of Punchestown (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

Not a bad little site, this pano view is looking south-west.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Sep 20, 2019
Image of Punchestown (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

Looking west. The trees are on the top of the mound, ditch visible to the right.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Sep 20, 2019
Image of Punchestown (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

Looking south. Still no effort to do anything with this.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Sep 20, 2019
Image of Punchestown (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

Badly stitched together shot of the barrow, wide-angle lens coming soon.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jan 30, 2008

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Punchestown

ryaner
ryaner Jan 29, 2008

A huge barrow in the grounds of Punchestown race-course, it’s close on 30 metres in diameter. The central mound is quite low but may have been taller in the past as the ditch and bank are of such a large size, the top of the bank being close on 3 metres above the bottom of the ditch in places in the northern arc of the barrow.
Punchestown race-course is popular with dog-walkers and access is through the gate-style at the entrance, opposite the field with the race-course standing stone. I arrived here late in the January evening and there were quite a few people about, but none in the vicinity of this forgotten monument. This could be a showcase part of the grounds with a little bit of tidying, but like so much of our ancient heritage, is now willfully neglected and overgrown.

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