Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Cappaghkennedy, County Clare, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.