Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - boundary cairn
Lyre,knocknagalty, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lyre,knocknagalty
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mounds (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.36978, -8.20337
- SMR number
- LI050-028003-
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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
In rough pasture, on Slievecushnabinnia Mountain, on the townland boundaries between Knocknagalty and Lyre. One of three boundary cairns (LI050-028001-/002-) lie 25m and 15m to the SW, respectively. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated ‘Mounds’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Depicted on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map as a small circular shaped mound. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 8 November 2021
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