Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Carrowcanada, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowcanada
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92907, -8.94129
- SMR number
- MA062-085----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located on the gentle N-facing slope of a rise.
This record was listed in the 1991 SMR and the 1996 RMP as ‘mound’ based on an aerial photograph (OS 2 4405 -6; Roll 216, pr. 17; SMR file). It consists of a cairn (7.6m E–W; c. 7m N–S; H 0.5m at E; 1m at W) of loose stones. The stones are mostly small in size but larger stones and boulders are also evident, especially around the perimeter. The cairn slumps down gently from S to N, reflecting the natural slope. This may to be a field clearance cairn of relatively recent date. There is a rath (MA062-086----) 35m to SW.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.