Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Raheen (clanwilliam By., Ballyvarra Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheen (clanwilliam By., Ballyvarra Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1938)
- Coordinates
- 52.67378, -8.50388
- SMR number
- LI006-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On gently undulating pasture, on the private grounds of Raheen House. The site is described from cartographic and aerial photographic evidence only. Depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork standing on the demesne grounds of Raheen House 60m to SSW on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Described in 1997 by Celie O'Rahilly as a circular-shaped shaped area (approx. int. diam. 27m) enclosed by a bank (SMR File) 50m W of the gate lodge into Raheen House. Outline of tree-ringed monument clearly visible on Google Earth orthophotos taken 19/11/2019.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 12 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.