Overview
Indicated — Abbeylands is recorded as Barrow — unclassified in Limerick. On flat pasture 115m N of the townland boundary with Ballywilliam North. The enclosure is within the demesne lands surrounding Abbey House and is located 620m SE of the ruins of the Augustinian Priory (LI029-031006-) on the Main Street in Rathkeale.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: On flat pasture 115m N of the townland boundary with Ballywilliam North.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: The enclosure is within the demesne lands surrounding Abbey House and is located 620m SE of the ruins of the Augustinian Priory (LI029-031006-) on the Main Street in Rathkeale.
What was found
The saved account records: The site is depicted as a small circular enclosure or antiquity on the 1840 ed.
What remains
The saved account records: A similar feature survives 125m E of the site in the next field and is visible both on aerial orthoimages and on the 1897 ed.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Abbeylands matters because the source ties barrow — unclassified to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: OSi 25-inch map or subsequent maps.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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