Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Knocknarea South, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknarea South
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.25824, -8.57420
- SMR number
- SL014-076004-
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On the summit of Knocknarae Mountain, located 15m SSE of a large passage tomb known as Maeve’s Cairn (MA014-076003-), and 7m NE of a possible passage tomb (MA014-076005-).
An oval mound (4.5 E−W; 3.7m N−S; H 0.5m), apparently earthen in composition. (Bergh 1995, 240, site 4). This is a National Monument (No. 153) in state ownership.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 6 April 2020
References
Bergh, S. 1995 Landscape of the monuments. Stockholm. Bureau for Archaeological Excavation.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.