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Cairn - unclassified

Corraweelis (Upper Loughtee By.), County Cavan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Corraweelis, 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
Corraweelis (Upper Loughtee By.)
County
Cavan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.90306, -6.90638
SMR number
CV034-058----

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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 on the second highest hill in the Loughanlea range affording panoramic views in all directions except to the NE. The cairn is located immediately N of a fenced area containing a telecommunications mast and associated structures. From S-SW-W the perimeter of the cairn has been destroyed where the fence truncates the base of the monument. The remainder of the monument is well-preserved and it consists of circular cairn composed of medium and large stones (diam. at base c. 16m). It was probably originally dome-shaped in profile and ranges in height from 0.9m at NNE to 1.8m at SE. The lower portions are partially obscured by heather. An inspection in December 2000 recorded a number of holes in the top of the cairn, presumably made by treasure hunters.

Compiled by: Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 20 June 2012

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 5/2001).

Nearby in the register

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

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