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Cairn - unclassified

Mohercrom, County Cavan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Mohercrom, 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
Mohercrom
County
Cavan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.91571, -6.89648
SMR number
CV034-057----

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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

Located at the crest of a SE-facing slope c. 80m SE of a triangulation point. This is a circular sod and furze-covered and flat-topped cairn (diam. of base 12m; diam. of top 7m; H c. 1m) with a small but fresh quarry on the summit. Recorded by Edmond O’Donovan.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 3 February 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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