Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Cannonsquarter, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cannonsquarter
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.81020, -6.76632
- SMR number
- CW008-034----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map, but not on 1939 ed. Circular mound (H 2.8m; base diam. c. 22m) of earth and chiefly granite boulders. Quarrying at NW towards centre has revealed possible capstone. Best preserved at N.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.