Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Carrickaboy Glebe, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickaboy Glebe
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- The Saints Grave or Flags of Denn
- Coordinates
- 53.92850, -7.32424
- SMR number
- CV026-013----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Sited immediately E of the summit of a prominent drumlin hill. Small circular raised area (int. dims. 14.7m N-W; 13m E-W) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. No fosse. Narrow break in bank at NE. Internal area uneven. At centre is a low irregular grass-covered mound of stones of unknown significance.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.