Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Altavra, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Altavra
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carn
- Coordinates
- 54.22010, -8.11863
- SMR number
- LE016-004----
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 towards the head of a NE-SW valley on the SE side of a stream, in an area of rough pasture. It is indicated only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a 'Carn'. This is a loose circular cairn (diam. 10.5m; max. H 1.4m) with an oval quarry (dims 4.3m NNW-SSE; 3.6m ENE-WSW; D 1-1.4m) at the centre. There is no evidence of a kerb or other structural features.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Boundary moundunder 1 mi
- Boundary moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.