Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - ring-cairn
Edenreagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Edenreagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.42790, -8.47911
- SMR number
- SL002-029----
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the coast close to sand dunes. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. The remains consist of a circular area (internal diam. 33m E-W) defined by a slight bank (c. 2m W; 0.5m H) with traces an inner and outer facing of stone slabs visible at NE. There is a record of slabs and stones having been removed from the site. The interior is saucer-shaped with a raised irregular area in the centre (Timoney 2016, 1-4).
Revised by: Paul Walsh
Revised date of upload: 23 January 2017
References
Timoney, M.A. 2016 The Ring Cairn on Moffitt's Burrow, Edenreagh, Co. Sligo. Sligo Field Club Journal 2, 1-12.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.