Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Fanahy, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fanahy
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.64695, -9.94961
- SMR number
- CO114-081008-
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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 upland grazing, on blanket bog, on a S-facing slope on the S foothills of Miskish Mountain. This is one of a cluster of eight cairns (CO114-081001-; CO114-081002-; CO114-081003-; CO114-081004-; CO114-081005-; CO114-081006-; CO114-081007-). This subcircular cairn (6.7m N-S; 6.3m E-W) is partially exposed by turf-cutting and reaches a height of 1.1m above the clay at the base of the cutaway bog. Exposed stones vary in shape and size. Part of the E sector of the cairn is covered by uncut bog. One of the other cairns (CO114-081007-) in the cluster is c. 27m to the S. Two other cairns (CO115-126----; CO115-126001-) are in an adjacent field to the NE.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.