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Cairn - unclassified

Fahee South, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Fahee South, 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
Fahee South
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.04216, -9.03148
SMR number
CL010-136----

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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 high (between the 500’ and 600’ contours) level area on the N shoulder of a ridge in mixed exposed limestone pavement and rough grazing. Listed as ‘Cemetery cairn’ in the RMP (1996), on the basis of a map annotation by Tom Coffey (1994) and subsequently described as ‘Cairn with exposed slab of chamber/cist’ (pers. comm. P. Walsh, 11-6-1996; SMR file). This well-preserved subcircular cairn (diam. 10m; H 0.9-1.5m) is covered by grass around its lower edge. A possible ‘chamber/cist’ was not visible on inspection in 1999.

See attached images:
• CL010-136----_01.JPG Monument viewed from NE (12-7-2007).
• CL010-136----_02.JPG Monument viewed from WSW (12-7-2007).

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 26 May 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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