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Boulder-burial

Gort Na Lobhar (Cléire), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Boulder-burial, Gort Na Lobhar (Cléire), 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
Gort Na Lobhar (Cléire)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.44689, -9.47841
SMR number
CO153-011----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1769 map "Nieuwe kaart van Ierland / I. Condet sculp." (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1769 · Nieuwe kaart van Ierland / I. Condet sculp. (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On shelf of rough pasture on N-facing slope of N part of Clear Island. Subrectangular boulder (2.75m x 1.7m; T 1m) resting on four stones. (O Nualláin 1978, 96, no. 35)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 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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