Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Corraweelis (upper Loughtee By.), County Cavan, Ireland
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----
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
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.