Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Crannagh,kilbrannish South,raheendarragh,rathanna, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crannagh,kilbrannish South,raheendarragh,rathanna
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.61812, -6.78029
- SMR number
- CW023-007----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
On summit of Mount Leinster. Approximately circular cairn (present diam. 18m; H c. 2m), formerly contained by drystone walling. Possible kerb stone visible at N. Possible entrance passage visible at S. Now considerably disturbed by construction of OS trigonometrical station in large hollow at centre.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate date1 mi
- Rock art1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.