Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Cahercorney, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahercorney
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52943, -8.50429
- SMR number
- LI032-159----
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 gently undulating and improved pasture, 80m W of farmyard and 220m SE of a townland boundary with Rawleystown. Standing stone (LI032-069----) lies 260m to ENE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Grogan (1989, 268) as ‘Cahercorney 2’. Monument visited by the ASI in 2007 and described as no surface remains visible. Field boundary adjacent to NE has been removed and large piles of field clearance material visible in this area. Site of monument is not visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-2012 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020. The precise location of this monument cannot be confirmed as there is no access to thesis in the paper file.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 9 November 2020
References
Grogan, E. 1989 The Early Prehistory of the Lough Gur Region: Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement patterns in North Munster, south of the River Shannon, 3 Vols. Doctoral PhD Thesis submitted to the Dept. of Archaeology, University College Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.