Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Dooard, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dooard
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Carn Melvin
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.40530, -8.09734
- SMR number
- LE005-004----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located c. 50m from the S shore of Lough Melvin and c. 50m W of the SE-NW Lattone or County River close to where it debouches into Lough Melvin. The river forms the boundary with Co. Fermanagh. It is described as 'Carn Melvin' in gothic lettering on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, although the feature is not marked. It was described in the 1830s as 'a heap of stones' (OS Name Book No. 84, 580). No feature is visible at ground level and its precise location is not known.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 7 January 2016
References
OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.