Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Craan (scarawalsh By., St. Mary'S Ed),ballycrystal, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Craan (scarawalsh By., St. Mary'S Ed),ballycrystal
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Mount Leinster
- Latest-edition OS map
- The Castle
- Coordinates
- 52.61816, -6.78035
- SMR number
- WX008-001----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the summit of Mount Leinster, the highest peak of the NE-SW Blackstairs Mountains. This is a circular cairn (diam. 15m; surviving H 1-1.5m) composed of granite stones (dims. c. 0.4m x 0.2m). It was disturbed by the erection of a trigonometric station since 1945 (SMR file).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 5 April, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate date1 mi
- Rock art1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.