Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Millstone quarry
Houndscourt, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Houndscourt
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated, Coolfree Mountain
- Coordinates
- 52.29353, -8.47447
- SMR number
- LI059-005----
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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
Site of millstone quarry recorded in 1975 by J. Borler and A. Lynch and described as located on W slope of Coolfree Mountain where millstones were produced (NMI Top. Files; Unpub. UCC Arch. Dept. Files).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 October 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Millstone quarryunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.