Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Glenosheen, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenosheen
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated, Seefin Mountain
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carn, Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.31243, -8.50941
- SMR number
- LI056-032001-
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
On the summit of Seefin Mountain (1703 ft. / 519m OD) with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. A cist burial (LI056-032002-) lies 32m to the E. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated ‘Carn Fearadhaigh’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map where it is depicted as a small circular-shaped cairn. In 1935, M.J. Bowman described the site as a ‘demolished, earth covered mound, stones protrude in places, 48’ [14.63m] N-S; 39’ [11.88m] E-W’. To the NW of cairn, a pile of stones 12’6” [3.84m] N-S; 20’ [6.09m] E-W' (NMI Field Monuments File). Poorly preserved cairn visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 25 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Stone circle1 mi
- Kiln - lime2 mi
- Ringfort - rath2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.