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Excavation — miscellaneous in Rathmore North

Excavation — miscellaneous
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In pasture, 5m S of a public road which also marks a townland boundary with Lacka. Enclosures (LI031-022/023----) lie 90m to N and Rathmore Castle (LI031-019----) lies 160m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Described by Gowen (1988, 180) as a pit and hearth (Ref. TR/2/34/1 & 1A) which were fully excavated as part of the Limerick Gas Pipeline in 1986. Monument is visible as a rectangular-shaped tree-planted earthwork with a rectangular-shaped cropmark (40m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) adjoining to SW, on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 30 October 2020

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