Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Monesk, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monesk
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.24815, -8.00121
- SMR number
- CV003-024----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Not marked on any OS ed. Situated in rough mountainous terrain c. 150m N of Tents Lough. Small circular cairn of large and small loose stones (diam. 2.25m; H 0.9m) tapering to a point.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.