Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Dranagh, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dranagh
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.49299, -6.85923
- SMR number
- CW026-054----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
On the upper terrace of Dranagh Mountain, a circular cairn (diam. c. 6m; H c. 0.6m) predominantly composed of granite with some quartz present. There is a large block (1m x 0.75m; H 0.45m) of red and white quartz on the N side and smaller quartz stones scattered around the N and W side. Recorded by Ó Murchú (2011, 65) as part of a Master's thesis (Survey number: C02). One of six cairns (see also CW026-053----, CW026-055----, CW026-056----, CW026-057---- and CW026-058----) which form a cairnfield.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 29 October 2013
References
Ó Murchú, S. 2013 Archaeology among the blackthorns. The Journal of Irish Archaeology 2012, Vol. XXI, 35-55, Wordwell, Dublin.
Ó Murchú, S. 2011 Life and Death on Dranagh Mountain; An Archaeological Investigation of an Upland Landscape in County Carlow. Unpublished MA thesis, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.
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