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House - medieval

Cahirguillamore (Coshma By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - medieval, Cahirguillamore, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cahirguillamore (Coshma By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.50874, -8.57298
SMR number
LI031-041029-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 pasture, on the former deer park of the demesne Cahir Guillamore House (LI031-041019-), 100m W of the avenue to Cahir Guillamore. Ringfort (LI031-041010-) lies to immediate S. Within S portion of field system (LI031-041001-) and within deserted medieval settlement (LI031-041009-) incorporating house 1 and 2 (LI031-041007/008-). Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as the site of possible medieval houses to the NNW of Fort A (LI031-041010-) on aerial image (Ó Ríordáin and Hunt 1942, 40-41; Figures 1 and 2). Ó Ríordáin and Hunt described them as: ‘The main group, north of A (LI031-041010-) and west of 6 (LI031-041011-) contains about a dozen houses with small square or rectangular enclosures associated with them. These are possibly the yards or gardens of the houses (ibid. 43-44). The outline of one or two houses (dims. c. 5m N-S x 11m E-W) aligned E-W are visible as rectangular cropmarks to the NW of excavated medieval houses (LI031-041007-/008-) on OSi orthoimage taken between 2005-2012 and on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 20/09/2020.

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Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date upload: 31 March 2021

References

Ó Ríordáin, S. P. & Hunt, J. 1942 Mediaeval dwellings at Caherguillamore, Co. Limerick. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 37-63.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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