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Cairn - burial cairn

Barranisky East, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - burial cairn, Barranisky East, County Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Barranisky East
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.85339, -6.14571
SMR number
WI035-073----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated atop high ground with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. Ordnance Survey trigonomterical station marking spot height 894ft. lies 35m to NNW and hilltop enclosure (WI035-074---) 80m to N. Meandering dry-stone wall running roughly E-W marking townland boundary with Glenteige 10m to S, two other meandering walls to the N and running parallel to the townland boundary may be remains of a prehistoric field system (WI025-075----).
Present remains consist of a circular-shaped pile (H c. 2.5m; base diam. 18m E-W x 16.5m N-S; Top diam. 8.6m E-W x 10m N-S ) of stones partially heather covered which has the appearance of a possible prehistoric burial cairn, although the possibility of a clearance or boundary cairn cannot be ruled out. There is a small circular-shaped chamber or cavity (diam. 1.2m; D 0.6m ) located off centre to S in the cairn which may have been a later booley shelter or hut site. The suggestion or outline of other similar chambers and possibly an L-shaped passage which are now obscured by stone collapse.

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 18 December 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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