Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - boundary cairn
Gortnagarn,Launtaggart, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnagarn,Launtaggart
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Piles of Stones
- Coordinates
- 54.34934, -8.32908
- SMR number
- LE006-001----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a broad heather-covered plateau that slopes down gently to the SE. A line of cairns described as ‘Piles of Stones’ is marked only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It extends NNW-SSE (L c. 1.1 km) on the unbuilt boundary between the townland of Gortnagarn to the W and Launtaggart to the E. None of these cairns are visible on the ground now.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 12 January, 2016
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.