Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Boundary mound
Alteen, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Alteen
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mound
- Coordinates
- 54.20758, -7.76734
- SMR number
- CV007-005----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough mountainous terrain. One of a series of mounds and cairns which mark the boundary between counties Cavan and Fermanagh. Remains comprise a low, roughly circular, poorly preserved mound (diam. c. 8m; H. c. 0.6m) mainly composed of peat.
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
- Boundary moundunder 1 mi
- Hut site2 mi
- Cairn - unclassified2 mi
- Hut site2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.