Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Mountrussell, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountrussell
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33223, -8.58133
- SMR number
- LI055-037----
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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
Crawford (1908, 52-4) identified a field known locally as 'The Bishop's Field' as the location of a possible church and graveyard. In 1908 the following was recorded about this church site; 'The site of an ancient church and graveyard is still pointed out at Mountrussell, and goes by the name of "The Bishop's Field", though every trace is now obliterated, and even its name appears to be forgotten. From this, no doubt, the ogam [LI055-036----] originally came. Of late years it has been set up as a rubbing post for cattle, in the same field and close to the south wall of the farmyard' (Crawford 1908, 52).
See attached sketch map showing location of Bishop's Field taken from Crawford 1908,
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 June 2019
References
Crawford, H. S. 1908 Description of an Ogam Stone at Mountrussell, County Limerick. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 18, 52-60.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.