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Bawn

Raheen (Clanwilliam By., Roxborough ED), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bawn, Raheen, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Raheen (Clanwilliam By., Roxborough ED)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.59441, -8.59660
SMR number
LI013-101006-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on high ground with commanding views of the surrounding countryside with rock outcropping that has been quarried into located immediately to N and S. Medieval ruins of Cahervally Church (LI013-101004-) and graveyard (LI013-101004-) 50m to ENE. Only the grass-covered wall footings of a tower house (LI013-101003-) survives standing on the NE corner of a raised circular shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 36m N-S; 33.6m E-W; H 1.7m) which served as the bawn of the castle. There is a gap at N (Wth. 2.7m) which may represent an entrance feature.
It is uncertain whether the enclosure predates the tower house and was originally built as a ringfort or possibly an Anglo-Norman ringwork (LI013-101002-) which was then reused as the bawn of the tower house by the construction of a wall running along the edge of the enclosure. The grass-covered wall footings (H 0.4m) of this bawn wall running around the edge of the enclosure are visible today. Alternatively the enclosure could be contemporaneous with the construction of the tower house and bawn.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 26 October 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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