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Boundary mound

Monesk, County Cavan, Ireland

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Townland
Monesk
County
Cavan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Line of Mounds
Coordinates
54.25408, -7.99817
SMR number
CV003-034----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

About 40 mounds in a SW-NE line are marked only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. They are on the townland boundary between Meenymore on the NW side in Co. Leitrim (LE012-037----), and Monesk in Co. Cavan, on the SE side. They are situated on a broad, high plateau between Lough Nagloghderg at the SW end and the steep slope at the NE edge of the plateau (L c. 1.2km). Very few of these survive, and those that do are turf mounds marking the boundary between counties Leitrim and Cavan. The are associated with the Ordinance Survey mapping in the 19th century.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 5 May, 2016

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

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