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Cairn - unclassified

Cappaghkennedy, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Cappaghkennedy, 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
Cappaghkennedy
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.02889, -9.03079
SMR number
CL010-030----

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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 high (avove 700’ contour) semi-karst, rough pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-), and commanding wide views. Indicated on Robinson’s map of the Burren (1977). This large, grass-covered, subcircular cairn (diam. c. 16m; H 1.4-2m) is composed of stones, with hollow areas where some stones appear to have been removed. A modern livestock pen and a pile of concrete blocks lie just to the W. A hut site (CL010-247----) lies c. 33m to the N; a second cairn (CL010-029----) stands c. 117m to the SW, and a third cairn (CL010-031----) c. 110m to the SE, and there is an enclosure (CL010-244----) c. 124m to the W.

References
Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren. A two-inch map of the uplands of North-West Clare. Map scale 1.31680. Roundstone. Folding Landscapes.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 8 February 2023

References

Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.

Nearby in the register

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

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