Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Curry, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curry
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- The Rock of Curry
- Coordinates
- 53.73262, -7.32792
- SMR number
- WM003-003----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a high hill top with extensive rock outcrop and limestone pavements, 20m NE of a steep cliff marked on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps as 'The Rock of Curry'. The Hill of Mael with its hilltop enclosure (WM003-008----) is 1km to the ENE. Slight remains of a poorly preserved circular-shaped round topped cairn (approx. diam. 12-14m; approx. H 0.75-1m) with slight depression off centre to SE. OS trig. station marking OD level of 610 ft. above sea level marked by cairn.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 8 December 2016
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.