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Cairn - radial-stone cairn

Rusheen (Muskerry East By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - radial-stone cairn, Rusheen, County Cork, 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
Rusheen (Muskerry East By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.93079, -8.89209
SMR number
CO060-202001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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 a woodland copse, on a flat terrace of a gentle S-facing slope. The N of two linked cairns consists of a ring of nine radially-set stones (diam. 6m) protruding from the remains of a disturbed cairn (max. H 0.5m). Stones vary in height from 0.2m to 0.57m above the cairn surface. The cairn extends to SW as a narrow (Wth 0.5m) causeway-like feature (L 3m) where it joins with its counterpart (CO060-202002-). Two uprights (max. H 0.57m) protrude from the NW edge of this causeway. The ground plan of both monuments resembles a pair of spectacles.

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

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

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