Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Carrigans Upper, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigans Upper
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10913, -8.49894
- SMR number
- SL033-041----
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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 pasture, on top of a ridge with excellent views in all directions. A roughly circular cairn (18m N-S; 20.6m E-W; max. H 1.40m) of grass-covered limestone stones. The cairn has been extensively disturbed at the centre and in the NW quadrant giving it an irregular appearance. Traces of a 'probable fosse' were noted along the N edge during a previous inspection (pers. comm. M. Keane and J. Farrelly). A large split slab (3.2m x 1.65m; T 0.65m) of weathered limestone lies flat near the NE edge. This stone is known locally as the 'Split Dolmen' or the 'Giant's Grave'. A second smaller slab (0.75m x 0.8m; T 0.2m) protrudes at an angle of c. 45 degrees from the cairn material to E of centre.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.