Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Treenearla Commons, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Treenearla Commons
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.16875, -7.60237
- SMR number
- WA023-067----
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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 a shelf on a S-facing slope overlooking Maum Pass, c. 200m to the S. This is a subcircular cairn (dims. 17.5m N-S; 15.5m E-W; H 2.2m). There are no visible structureal stones, but numerous wind-shelters have been erected in it. (Moore 1995, 199-200, J14)
Moore, M. (1995) A Bronze Age setlement and ritual centre in the Monavullagh Mountains, County Waterford. PPS 61, 191-243.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 6th May, 2011.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.