Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - radial-stone cairn
Glennafallia, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glennafallia
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.21968, -7.86290
- SMR number
- WA012-003001-
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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
Situated on the summit of Knocknafallia Mountain. This is a stone spread (diam. 12m; H 0.8-1.2m) with ten visible kerbstones. Every second stone is set radially, the rest are set along the circumference (diam. 9m). A cist (dims. 0.8m x 0.6m; H 0.5m) is at the SE edge of the cairn and there is a hollow at the centre. The cairn is surrounded by a low bank (Wth 1-3m; H 0.1-0.2m) c. 20m from its outer edge.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Boundary stoneunder 1 mi
- Boundary stoneunder 1 mi
- Barracks1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.