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Cairn - boundary cairn

Dunloe Upper, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - boundary cairn, Dunloe Upper, 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
Dunloe Upper
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.03505, -9.65271
SMR number
KE065-133001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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

Atop Strickeen mountain. One of three cairns (see KE065-133002-, KE065-133003-) placed close together in a S/N line on the top of the spur. The cairn consists of a heap of loose stones (diam. 3m; H 1.2m).

Compiled by: Matt Kelleher

Date of upload: 06 February 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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