Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Raheen (coshma By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheen (coshma By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.50843, -8.56456
- SMR number
- LI031-206----
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
On undulating ground occupying the SW corner of Raheen townland, 1.7km W of Lough Gur. Ringfort (LI031-075----) located on the E boundary of the field system. Megalithic tomb (LI031-074----) located on the NE margin of the field system, enclosure (LI031-204----) and prehistoric burials (LI031-076----) are located on the SW margin of the field system. The field boundaries are not depicted on OSi historic maps. The features are visible on the OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 72: 4/3600). The field system is visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/04/2006; 25/03/2017 and 24/09/2018. The fields appears to overlap above the ringfort enclosure (LI031-075----) suggesting that the final phase of use of the fields post-dates that monument.
See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 72 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 20 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.