Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Dyrick Lower, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dyrick Lower
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20334, -7.89006
- SMR number
- WA012-008----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 Dyrick Hill. This is a heather-covered cairn (diam. 11m N-S; 10m E-W; H 0.6m) of fairly large stones, none of which are structural. There is a hollow at the W 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
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackway1 mi
- Road - road/trackway1 mi
- Cairn - radial-stone cairn2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.