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Cairn - unclassified

Rathcoun, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Rathcoun, County Tipperary South, 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
Rathcoun
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.49823, -7.92270
SMR number
TS060-107011-

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the SW corner of a rectangular enclosure (TS060-107006-). Small sunken, oval area (dims. 1.6m E-W; 1.47m N-S; D 0.15m) defined by 5-6 sizeable boulders arranged around a central stone which is at the bottom of the depression. Stones embedded in the sod with their tops protruding from same. Stones generally obscured by lush grass but visible when grass prodded and then pulled back. A possible mound barrow (TS060-107010-) is c. 36m to ESE and enclosure (TS060-107005-) is c. 30m to NE.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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