Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Clonfadda,kilcarton, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonfadda,kilcarton
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.18461, -7.21276
- SMR number
- WA026-076----
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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
Located on a broad hill. The N part of a flat-topped cairn survives (dim. at base 24m NE-SW; dim. at top 16m NE-SW; max. H 1.2m) is backing onto the townland boundary with Kilcarton. No structural stones are visible. It is a possible clearance cairn.
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/revision: 27 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.