Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial mound
Letter, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 53.11622, -7.65231
- SMR number
- OF037-009002-
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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
Situated on top of high ground with good views in all directions. Possible ring-barrow or burial mound situated inside possible hillfort (OF037-009001-). Site consists of a cicrular flat-topped mound (Top diam. 7m; base diam. 15m) with circular depression (Wth 2m; D 0.7m) on top of mound with evidence of stone kerbing around edge of depression.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.