Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - boundary cairn
Ballyhaght, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhaght
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mounds (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.31049, -8.57623
- SMR number
- LI055-027001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough pasture, on Carron Mountain, on the Cork-Limerick County Boundary along the townland boundaries between Ballyhaght and Streamhill East. One of five boundary cairns (LI055-027002-\-029\030\043----). Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map or 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Annotated ‘Mound’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. May be the same as CO008-022----.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 18 November 2021
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