Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Marahill (upper Loughtee By.), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Marahill (upper Loughtee By.)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97197, -7.46799
- SMR number
- CV025-095----
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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
Depicted as a circular enclosure on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated in wet marshy ground adjacent to what is apparently an extinct lake. Low cairn of small and medium-sized stones (H 0.3m; dims. 16.1m E-W; 12.2m N-S).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.