Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Rathnaseer, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathnaseer
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Gd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.49586, -8.92192
- SMR number
- LI029-059002-
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Medieval church ruins (LI029-059001-) of Rathnaseer stand in centre of roughly rectangular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 34m N-S x 54m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at S end of W wall. Described in 1840 as 'a small graveyard here much in use' (OSL, 61).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 22 January 2019
References
OSL - Ordnance Survey Letters. Letters written by members of the Ordnance Survey's 'Topographical Department' (T. O'Conor, A. O'Curry, E. Curry, J. O'Donovan and P. O'Keeffe) sent to headquarters from the field (1834-41). MSS in Royal Irish Academy.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.