Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rathmore North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52623, -8.62107
- SMR number
- LI031-208----
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 flat pasture 40m SW of the townland boundary with Cloghnamanagh and 825m NW of the Morningstar River. Standing stone (LI031-034----) lies 225m to NNE and ring-barrow (LI031-032----) lies 365m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. The enclosure is not visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12; it is faintly visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 75: AP 4/3647) as a sub-rectangular enclosure orientated NE-SW (ext. dims. c. 45m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE). The earthworks are not visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006; 16/03/2016 and 28/06/2018.
See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 75 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 20 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.