Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Coomgira, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coomgira
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.68805, -9.78998
- SMR number
- CO116-043----
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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 blanket bog, near the E edge of the relatively flat summit of Hungry Hill. This subcircular cairn (7.5m E-W; 6.4m N-S; max. H 1.2m), which protrudes above the bog, consists of stones that vary in both shape and size. Loose stones to the E of the cairn appear to have been removed from the centre, where there is now a depression. Some large stone slabs were also noted in this area. The stones in the depression are lying in a haphazard state. An Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar is situated c. 170m to the ENE.
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
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- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.