Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Raheen (clanwilliam By., Roxborough Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
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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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
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
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.