Cairn - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

National Monument No. 91. On a NNE-facing slope in pasture. In the course of the survey of Inchcleraun Island in 1837 the OS recorded the minor name 'Innadmarfa Meva', the reputed place where Queen Meava of Croghan died (OSL 1837, 33-4). The name is positioned on the Fair Plan beside a tiny circular feature demarcated by four pecks. At the time of the engraving of the 1837 printed map the boulders were omitted and only the name was engraved. During the course of the OS 25-inch resurvey of the county in 1911 this name was linked to the remains at the current position, which is c. 45m to the NNW of its location as shown on the Fair Plan. The remains consist of a curving bank-like feature with a small mound of earth and stones at its W end. The precise nature of this feature is uncertain as the remains are difficult to examine due to dense vegetation cover. They might represent the last remnants of an enclosure. An old field drain extends from the W end of the bank and runs NE to a short stretch of a modern field boundary c. 120m distant. A monastic enclosure (LF021-048----) lies c. 270m to the SE, a church (LF021-046----) and a possible cashel, known as 'Grianan Meva' (LF021-047----), lie c. 130m to the SW.

Compiled by: Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 19 December 2012