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Cairn - burial cairn

Skrine, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - burial cairn, Skrine, County Roscommon, 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
Skrine
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.56360, -8.18094
SMR number
RO041-063001-

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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

Towards the S end of the N-S karst ridge of Skrine Hill. Circular cairn (diam. 10.5m N-S; 10m E-W; H 0.4m) defined by a kerb of limestone slabs (L c. 1m; H c. 0.3m) with a possible cist (RO041-063002-) (dims 0.8m NE-SW; 0.3m NW-SE) defined by two slabs inside the kerb at S. Cairn (RO041-062001-) is c. 50m to the SW. Archaeological testing (08E0700) c. 150m to the NW failed to produce any related material (Delaney 2011b).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 20th June 2011

See attached document with a plan of the remains.

References

Delaney, D. 2011b Skrine and Knockmeane: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 309, No. 1046. Dublin. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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