Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Carrig, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrig
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15179, -6.51086
- SMR number
- WI005-081----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Part of a complex of prehistoric sites on the lower western slopes of Lugnagun (WI005-079----, WI005-084----, WI005-083----, WI005-110---- to WI005-111----). Circular kerbed cairn (diam. 21m) with traces of internal structures in the form of cists or compartments, defined by upright slabs. Some of the kerbs at the N and E have been displaced and the cairn has been robbed in modern times to provide field wall material.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/2005).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.