Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - ring-cairn
Kilclaremore, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilclaremore
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00871, -7.98860
- SMR number
- LE028-003----
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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
Located towards the top of the gentle NE-facing slope of a low hill with higher drumlins immediately around it while Sheemore is c. 2.3km to the SW and Sheebeg is c. 2km to the ENE. This is a grass and scrub-covered circular, slightly dished, area (int. dims 20.3m NW-SE; 19.3m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.2-0.5m). The exterior of the bank is flush with the ground SE-SW (max. ext. H 0.6m at NW) and there is no visible entrance. The perimeter is overlain by field walls NW-S E, and the bank might be partly destroyed NE of the field wall. The cairn (LE028-002---) is c. 130m to the NW, while a stone group (LE028-004---) and ring-cairn (LE028-005---) are c. 100m to the WSW and c. 85m to the SW respectively.
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
- Cairn - ring-cairnunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.