Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Attyflin, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Attyflin
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59165, -8.71092
- SMR number
- LI012-099----
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
In pasture on demesne lands of Fort Etna House, located 300m to E. Not depicted on either the 1840 0S 6-inch map or the 1897 25-inch OS map. Identified as Site No. 5 by Celie O’Rahilly in 1991 when it was described as following; ‘on the edge of the field boundary. This site is situated on low-lying ground. It consists of two superimposed large boulders, standing c. 6 feet [1.8m] high, with loose stones around the base. Although this feature does not fit any category of archaeological monument, it is man-made.’ No surface remains visible today in tree-covered are on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020.
See attached location map showing site 5, taken from O'Rahilly 1991.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date upload 23 June 2020
References
O'Rahilly, C. 1991 Archaeological report on Limerick to Adare Road. Unpublished report submitted to Limerick County Council.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.