Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Rockstown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rockstown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carriganaffrin (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.56359, -8.54991
- SMR number
- LI023-029----
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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
In gently undulating pasture with views all around. Named 'Carriganaffrin' (mass rock) on 1928 OS 6-inch map. No visible trace of this monument at site.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 1 November 2013
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.