Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Knocknacran East, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknacran East
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Mound
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94946, -6.77337
- SMR number
- MO031-108----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a NE-facing slope. It is depicted as a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 5m) on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as a ‘mound’. It is depicted similarly on the 1907 edition of the map. The feature has been quarried away. According to Shirley (1879, 536) the mound at Knocknacran East was opened in 1860 but nothing was found. It has been quarried away.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 31 July 2017
References
Shirley, E.P. 1879 (Reprint 1988) The history of the county of Monaghan. London. Pickering.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.