Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - burial cairn
Carrig, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrig
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15150, -6.50859
- SMR number
- WI005-084----
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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 Lugnaguff (WI005-079----, WI005-081----, WI005-083----, WI005-110----, WI005-111----). Circular cairn (diam. 16m; H 0.45m) which covered four cists containing vases, cordoned urns and coarse pottery associated with cremation burials. Other finds include three faience beads, two bronze razors and domestic pottery. An associated cremation in a coarse pot in a pit was marked by a standing stone (WI005-111----) 15m to the N of the site. (Grogan 1990)
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.