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Cairn - unclassified

Kiltennan North, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Kiltennan North, 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
Kiltennan North
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Kiltennan Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Carn (1916)
Coordinates
53.01039, -9.19542
SMR number
CL009-099001-

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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

In reclaimed pasture at the E end of a ridge named Knockacarn; the land slopes to the SW and there are wide views from E to S to W. Not indicated on the 1842 edition of the OS 6-inch map but a trigonometrical point here is labelled ‘Kiltennan Fort’ (see CL009-099002-). Hachured and labelled ‘Carn’ on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This grass-covered round-topped subcircular cairn (18.2m E-W; 15.9m N-S; H 2.1-2.5m) is composed of earth and stone. There is a slight hollow just to the SE of the summit. It is regular in outline but is steeper near the base (H 0.7-1m) from N to E to S, where it may have been cut back. At N the base has quite a straight edge (L 7.5m) running E-W. Two raths (CL009-099002- and CL009-099003-) lie c. 12m to the E and c. 80m to the ENE respectively.

The following image has been uploaded: CL009-099001- View from E

Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 26 May 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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