Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Farranyharpy, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farranyharpy
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.23583, -8.73498
- SMR number
- SL019-011----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a level terrace on the lower S facing slopes of Red Hill in rough pasture broken by limestone bedrock. This is an oblong cairn (14.40m NW-SE by c. 33m NE-SW) with remains of chamber represented by two upright slabs (apparently jambs) and at least one roofstone and some possible corbelling.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 22 May 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.