Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Carrickmurray, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickmurray
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.21921, -8.21632
- SMR number
- LE015-102----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on rock outcrop in an undulating low-lying landscape. it is depicted as an embanked enclosure described as a 'fort' in gothic lettering on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is a subcircular or subrectangular cairn (dims 14.5m E-W; 9m N-S; H 0.3-1.4m), which is possibly field clearance or spoil from a quarry immediately adjacent to the S.
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.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.