Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Boundary stone
Friarstown (clanwilliam By., Roxborough Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Friarstown (clanwilliam By., Roxborough Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Liberty Stone
- Latest-edition OS map
- Liberty Stone (1840)
- Coordinates
- 52.59304, -8.62017
- SMR number
- LI013-087----
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
A boundary stone, annotated 'Liberty Stone' on the 1840 OS six-inch map where it is depicted standing on the Parliamentary Boundary of Limerick City. The stone is not depicted on the 1924 OS six-inch map, and is no longer evident at this location. Its position marked the crossing point on the road of the parliamentary boundary between Limerick City and the county of Limerick.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 11 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.