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Cairn - unclassified

Pullagh, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Pullagh, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Pullagh
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.07776, -9.00436
SMR number
CL006-152----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a S-facing slope, overlooking the karst landscape of the Burren NE-W and overlooked by higher ground W-NE. It consists of an oval, sod-covered mound (16m NE-SW; 9m NW-SE), appearing naturally formed for the most part, which has been utilised to site a small cairn. The mound is defined by a scarp (max. H 1.3m; Wth 3.7m) where steepest at ENE. The top of the mound (10m NE-SW; 4m NW-SE) is higher to NE where a low profile cairn (3.5m NE-SW; 2.75m NW-SE; max. H 0.35m) is sited comprising small- to medium-sized angular flagstones. A gentle, circular depression (diam. 3m) occupies the SW half of the mound. This is defined by two obvious upright stones (max. H 0.18m) situated at N and SW and another two less obvious stones at SE and WNW. Another cairn (CL035-153----) is located c. 92m to WSW. This may be one of the three 'mounds' listed in the RMP (1996) under the number CL006-085----.

The following images have been uploaded:
CL006-152----_01.jpg From SW. General view of mound.
CL006-152----_02.jpg From NE. General view of mound.
CL006-152----_03.jpg From NW. General view of cairn.
CL006-152----_04.jpg From SW. General view of depression defined by 4 uprights.
CL006-152----_05.jpg From NW. Profile view of mound (1m rod at NE and SW ends on top).
CL006-152----_06.jpg From NW. Landscape view of monument.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 22 January 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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