Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle
Carrickedmond, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickedmond
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.05186, -6.43175
- SMR number
- LH004-100001-
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Described by Wright (1758, 8-9, Pl. 2, Site A) as 'temple or place of devotion' and illustrated as a double ringed circle or enclosure with two small internal circular features.
Reference:
Wright, T. 1758 Louthiana: or an introduction to the antiquities of Ireland. London. Thomas Payne.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 17 November 2011
Nearby in the register
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- Stone rowunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.