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Cairn - unclassified

Ballincurra,Killeen (Kilnaneave Par.),Kilnaneave, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, County Tipperary North, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballincurra,Killeen (Kilnaneave Par.),Kilnaneave
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Dermot & Granias Bed
Coordinates
52.77945, -8.11277
SMR number
TN027-140002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the summit of Ballincurra Hill, enclosed by hillfort (TN027-140001); panoramic views in all directions. Knockadiggen is visible to the NE. A circular cairn of limestone (diam. 18.3m N-S; H 1.77-2.15m), overgrown with heather. The interior is hollowed out (Wth 5.7-5.9m; D 1m), probably the result of robbing for adjacent stone walls. A stone wall (T c.1.6m x H 0.6m) abuts the cairn at SE and a denuded stone wall extends along the side of the cairn at NE. Forestry encroaches onto the edge of the cairn at S and NW, however a corridor has been left open through the forest giving a vista to SW.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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