Mound in Rathmore South

In pasture, 12m S of a field boundary and 45m W of a townland boundary with Rathmore North. Rathmore Castle (LI031-019----) lies 100m to NE. Depicted on the Cassini 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped mound (20m N-S; 18m E-W). Referred to by O’Kelly (1944, 49) as an ‘elongated tumulus’ and described as: ‘A small elongated mound not quite 3’ (0.91m) high. Its long axis runs N-S and is 33’ (10m) long, while the width is 15’ (4.6m). There is no fosse. Local tradition holds that it is a burial ground’. Monument is visible as an oblong-shaped mound (10m N-S; 4.5m E-W) on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013, however is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 30 October 2020