Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - clearance cairn
Carrick (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrick (athlone South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49160, -8.10228
- SMR number
- RO045-230----
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
On the crest of a SW-facing slope and close to the W corner of a field. Grass-covered earth and stone cairn (dims 5.4m N-S; 3.8m E-W; H 1m) with an irregular surface, which is probably a clearance cairn.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.