What is recorded here

Not indicated, Rathphoorogue is a small burial mound on the highest point of a limestone hill in County Limerick, Ireland. It has a rectangular stone kerb outside its base and two stones on edge at its top that may mark the corner of a cist. The mound is low, mostly earth, and sits at the west end of the rectangle, cut off from the east by a north-south line of stones.

Burial mound described in 1943 as following; 'The tumulus is situated on the highest point of a limestone hill called Rathphooroge, and it is not marked on the O.S. map. The mound is small and low and is mostly of earth. It seems to have had a kerb of large stones round its base of which only two are now visible. On top there are two stones on edge just showing through the turf. These make a right angle with one another and may be the corner of a cist. Outside the base of the mound is a rectangular stone kerb, the axis of which runs east-west. The mound is at the west end of the rectangle, and is cut off from the east end by a line of stones running north-south across the rectangle. The diameter of the base of the mound is 25' [7.6m] and its greatest height is 4' [1.2m]. The rectangle measures 43' [13m] by 30' [9m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 173-4). See attached plan and profile of burial mound taken from O'Kelly 1942-3. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 February 2020

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.