Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - wayside cairn
An Fhothair (tc Cill Ghabhlaigh), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Fhothair (tc Cill Ghabhlaigh)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.71129, -8.71169
- SMR number
- DG080-017003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on N side of public road opposite cross-slab (DG080-017001-) which is 15m to the S, on the outskirts of the village of Glencolumbkille. This penitential cairn is part of the turas of Glencolumbkille. The monument consists of a circular cairn (diam. 2.7m; H 1m) with upright orthostats froming the kerb around the base of the cairn.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: : 19 July 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.