Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
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
- 52.51133, -8.62330
- SMR number
- LI031-035----
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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, 35m NW of the Camoge River which also marks a townland boundary with Meanus. Enclosure (LI031-063----) lies 225m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Fully excavated by Margaret Gowen in 1986 in advance of the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline and described as a hearth (Site 2/33/1; Bord Gais Eireann map 07/25) (Gowen 1988, 180). Monument is not visible on modern aerial orthophotos including Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 3 November 2020
References
Gowen, M. 1988 Three Irish gas pipelines: new archaeological evidence in Munster. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.