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Cairn - unclassified

Glenosheen, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Glenosheen, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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