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
- 53.15206, -6.50889
- SMR number
- WI005-083----
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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----, WI005-081----, WI005-110---- to WI005-111----). Circular kerbed cairn (diam. 10m; H 0.8m) surrounded by a partly waterlogged fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 0.25m). There is a disturbed area near the centre.
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
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.