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This cairn is the next marker on the trail up the slope of Monavullagh Mt. It is a low cairn with evidence of a kist in its centre with fabulous views both North and South. Interestingly enough the cairn on top of Poul-na-maddra-ruadh can not be viewed from here.

This is a lovely standing stone on the slope of Monavullagh. It is about 2m high and about 0.5m wide. One side of it appears to have been painted/ whitewashed. To the north in the heather there are three more large slabs that Fourwinds discovered and look like they may also once have been standing before.

I cant confirm 100% that this standing stone is gone but im 95% sure. I had a good root around looking for it and its location according to GPS is between a ringfort that is completely overgrown or a gravel / sandpit that has been opened for the restoration works on Aherlow Castle. There is a new road into the castle which isnt shown on the map.

This is a nice little standing stone to the north of the Galtees and on the slopes of the Glen of Aherlow.
The stone itself is about 1.25m high and has lovely views to the hills in the south. Perhaps it was some kind of marker to the various notches in the Galtees but nothing really stood out to me.
It is about 3-4 fields from the road and the way I went in was pretty mucky.
On an aside, two lovely terrier dogs followed me the whole way to stone on a little adventure for them. They were so covered in mud I cant have seen their owner been very happy with them when they returned!

This embanked circle is very unusual. The outer ring is probably bigger than the Grange Lios and it also has a smaller inner circle.
The whole site is in a bad state and its very hard to photograph because its so overgrown.
It is marked as a mound on the OS map for some reason. It is marked on the information board at Lough Gur as a stone circle and also in O’Kellys works.

Daveyravey below appears to have been to it as well but I think the grid ref and the name he has given it is incorrect.
themodernantiquarian.com/site/8321/lough_gur_d.html

This is a really impressive site. I remember reading about it in the Discovery Programmes North Munster Project (I had a loan of it for a few days). I believe it is classified as a Bronze Age Barrow.
I would like to give the exact dims because it is huge and really the pictures don’t do it justice.
There are three rings around it as far as I could see. The inner one being about 1.5m high and the ditch in between is filled with water.
What really excited me was the views from it. To the east you have the many notches of the Galtys, south the Ballyhouras but even more importantly to the North you can clearly see the fairy mound of Cnoc Aine.
I think this mound/ barrow may be in some way related to the many monuments in the area.
The word rathanny is meant to come from Rath-eanaighe or the fort of the marsh. However I wonder is there any link to RathAine? With Anny being a corruption of this?
As for how to find it, I parked at the soccer field beside Hospital and walked thru the fields. It is about 1km from the soccer field.
There may be a track thru a farm but you will have to ask for permission etc. Basically you will need a GPS and to be honest I wouldnt fancy going down here in wet weather. I think it would live up to Rath of the marshes!

This standing stone is about 1m tall. However it has fallen. By the looks of it pretty recently

This stone is not marked on the OS map. It is about 500mm high. It could possibly be a scratching post. However with the quantity of monuments in the area I doubt it.

The graveyard on the left coming out of Lattin is located up on a height above the road.
On closer inspection it is obvious it is built into some kind of mound. Again I’m not sure of its age.

This mound is on the right as you come into Lattin on the R515. It is a quite huge mound. Must be at least 5m high. I’m not sure of its date, it may be a Motte but it is listed in the OS Map as a mound.

About 200m from the mound nearby. This is a tall standing stone of about 2m high.
Unusually for its size it is not marked on the OS map.

Drove past here recently on the way to check out St. Ailbes well in Emly.
I had to do a double take when I didnt see the familiar sight of the standing stone.
On the way back I investigated it and it looks as though it has been hit by lightening and broken up.
The stone itself was charred where it split. I was glad to have seen it when it was still standing.

This mound is located just off the R515 before the village of Lattin. It isn’t marked on the OS map however it is right beside an unmarked Standing Stone about 200m to the west. The mound itself must be about 2-3m high in parts and about 15m in diameter. It is more long than round.

Well this piece of Rock-art can now be found in UCC in Cork as part of an exhibition of Rock-art and Ogham.
It was orginally found in Mothel in Waterford and according to Fourwinds is the only piece of Rock-art found in the county.

There is a confusing amount of ditchs and defences up here on Knocksefin. There is clearly the remains of part of the Hill-fort however the rest of them dont really fit into any form of monument I know and may be domestic or perhaps of a latter date, Cromwellian perhaps?

This Barrow is about 32m radius. Half of it is actually destroyed so only a semi-circle remains.
Again this does not appear on the OS map for the area.

This is marked on the map right across from a school close to the Morning Star River in the town of Bruff. It is given a circular mark on the map however looking at it on site I think there is a chance it is in fact a barrow of some kind.
Its located within a nice park beside the river and is about 1.75m high.

This standing stone isnt on the OS map. Again another example of the huge amount of stuff in Limerick that isnt on the map. It is located with great views to the south close to the slopes of Cnoc Firinne. It is located close to a glad of natural wood-land possibly part of an abbey.