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Settlement cluster

Raheen (Coshma By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Settlement cluster, Raheen, 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
Raheen (Coshma By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.50930, -8.55732
SMR number
LI031-203----

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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

On a gently E-facing slope of a small knoll 590m W of the townland boundary with Grange and 1.4km W of Lough Gur. Ringfort (LI031-075----) 310m to WSW and the habitation sites at Rockbarton (LI031-080001/003-) are 340m to SSE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. The settlement earthworks (ext. dims. 18m N-S; 50m E-W) are visible on the OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 69.01-2: AP 4/3601) as an earthwork. The earthworks are visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/03/2017 and 24/09/2018. The features may represent the foundations (now grass covered) of a series of small buildings and / enclosures. These buildings may date from the late medieval or early post-medieval period and were out of use and ruinous by the early 19th century. Similar in morphology to the medieval houses (LI031-041007-) at Cahirguillamore.

See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 69.01-2 and Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 20 October 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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