Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Carrownagilty, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownagilty
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- OConors Monument (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 54.14702, -8.27450
- SMR number
- SL028-001----
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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
In a clearing in a coniferous forest, on a slight S-facing slope. An oval flat-topped cairn (4.5m x 3.3m; H 0.5m), the NW side of which has been partially removed by a drain. According to O'Rorke ([1889], vol. 2, 275), this is possibly the site of 'Bruidne Da Derga', the fortress of King Conaire, which with Conaire himself is said to have been burned to ashes by enemies. There are no visible remains of the limekiln indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map in the immediate vicinity.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.