Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Carriganimmy, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carriganimmy
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.99239, -9.03044
- SMR number
- CO048-097005-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough hill grazing, on a peaty terrace, on the SE-facing slopes of a ridge. A circular cairn (diam. 4.8m; H 0.5m), comprising stones of varying sizes, is partially obscured by moor grass. The cairn features traces of a kerb along its perimeter. A five-stone circle (CO048-097001-) is c. 40m to the SE and a standing stone (CO048-097002-) is c. 50m to the SE.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - five-stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.