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Cairn - unclassified

Moyer, County Cavan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Moyer, County Cavan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Moyer
County
Cavan
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Carn
Coordinates
53.90833, -6.90238
SMR number
CV034-041----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the highest point of the Loughanlea mountain range. This is a large, well-preserved circular cairn composed of small and medium size stones (diam. at base 17.8m). It ranges in height from 1.1m at NNE to 1.85m at S. The lower portions of the cairn are partially obscured by heather. The cairn may originally have been flat-topped (diam. of top 9.9m) and contains at its centre an OS triangulation pillar (1119 ft.): this is surrounded by a small pile of stones. An inspection in December 2000 recorded a number of holes in the top of the cairn, presumably made by treasure hunters. (O'Donovan 1995, No. 155).

Compiled by: Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 20 June 2012

References

O'Donovan, P.F. 1995 Archaeological inventory of county Cavan. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Nearby in the register

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

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