Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht
Caiseal Charna, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caiseal Charna
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.64136, -8.57938
- SMR number
- DG096-031001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a wet hollow area of marshy land in upland region with higher ground to E. Large circular possible pond barrow (DG096-031) enclosed by a heather covered drystone wall with low roughly rectangular shaped flat-topped drystone cairn (H 0.5m; dims. 3.5m x 2m) or leacht type feature located in the centre of the interior. Local tradition asserts that this was the burial site of warriors killed in an ancient battle and that the low carn may be a monument to this local tradition (pers. comm. S O'Beirne).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: : 19 July 2010
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - pond barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.