Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - wayside cairn
Annaghbrack Glebe,rathrobin, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annaghbrack Glebe,rathrobin
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.18432, -7.59298
- SMR number
- OF032-004----
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
This site was removed by the county council in the course of road widening operations. Within living memory this monument was related to funerary practices. The funeral procession would stop at the monument and place a stone there in memory of the deceased. Another story about the monument was that at times of battle the men who went off to fight would leave a stone behind. Those who returned would retrieve their stones but the stones of those who perished would remain as a memorial (Shaw 1971, 9-10).
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.