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Cairn - unclassified

Ballybaun, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Ballybaun, 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
Ballybaun
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.99215, -9.16307
SMR number
CL016-028----

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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 pastureland on the S-facing slope of Ballyganner Hill, c. 30m to the W of the townland boundary with Ballyclancahill and within a field system (CL009-059001-). This cairn (basal dims. 16.3m N-S; 15.8m E-W; H 1.8-2.2m) is composed of large stones (L c. 0.4m; Wth c. 0.3m; T c. 0.2m) and varies in height with the natural slope of the land. It is flat topped (4.5m N-S; 3m E-W) and overgrown with grass and moss except in the NW sector where there has been some disturbance. Old field banks extend off it at N and SW. A series of old rectangular field boundaries and clearance cairns are visible in the surrounding area.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack

Date of upload: 25 April 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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