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Cairn - unclassified

Doonamontane, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Doonamontane, County Kerry, 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
Doonamontane
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.41119, -9.85691
SMR number
KE014-110----

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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

Depicted on the 1841-42 OS 6-inch map as a possible cairn and named 'Curravarra'. At this position on the 1916 OS 6-inch map is a small circular feature similar to a hut site with a diameter of c. 10m. On the 1916 OS 6-inch map, the name 'Curravarra' is attached to another possible cairn (KE014-018----) which lies c. 500m to the ENE.

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne

Date of upload: 19 December 2013

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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