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Cairn - unclassified

Letterfrack, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Letterfrack, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Letterfrack
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.55145, -9.95390
SMR number
GA023-054----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

When initially visited in May 2018 this cairn, situated in woodland, was obscured by trees. On a revisit in December 2018 it was clearly visible as a number of the trees had subsequently been removed. It is located rock outcrop overlooking Barnaderg Bay to the NW, Tully Mountain to the WNW and Diamond Hill to the ESE. The N59 is c. 30m to the N. The cairn (L 3.3m; Wth 2.5m; H 0.8m), low and rectangular in plan, is composed of angular moss-covered boulders. Two rowan tress are adjacent to it to the E. Another cairn (GA023-016----) was located c. 65m to the NE. This monument was brought to the attention of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by Helen Riekstiņš.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock with information supplied by Helen Riekstiņš

Date of upload: 3 January 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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