Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Rathmore South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51660, -8.63739
- SMR number
- LI031-020002-
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
In pasture, 270m SW of a townland boundary with Rathmore North. A moated site (LI031-020001-) lies 15m to S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Described by O’Kelly (1944, 49) as a rough limestone flag, height 4’ (1.22m), width 4’ 6” (1.4m), thickness 2’6” (0.8m). It stands just outside the fosse of the rectangular earthwork [LI031-020001-] and at the NE corner’. Monument is visible as a possible stone on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 30 October 2020
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1944 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 4, 16-53.
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.