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Mound

Cannakill, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mound, Cannakill, County Offaly, 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
Cannakill
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Mound
Coordinates
53.34577, -7.29174
SMR number
OF010-010002-

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Unclassified and undated small earth and stone mound (H c. 3.75m, base max. diam. 8.7m N-S). Could be the remains of a spoil heap belonging to the large stone quarry at its SE side and wide shallow fosse at W. However the mound is depicted as an antiquity on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map which suggests that it is not related to quarrying activities. Could be the remains of a small burial mound, or some earthwork associated with adjoining earthworks of the deserted medieval village (OF010-010001-).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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