Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - ring-cairn
Bantry Commons (bantry By., Barrack Village Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bantry Commons (bantry By., Barrack Village Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Poul Art
- Coordinates
- 52.50911, -6.83929
- SMR number
- WX018-034----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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 on a summit of the Blackstairs Mountains known as Poul Art. This is a flat-topped caim (diam. of top 5-7m; diam. of base 19m; H 1.7-2m) with some quarry holes excavated in it. It is surrounded by a grass-covered bank of stones (Wth 3m; H 0.3-0.5m) which is separated from the cairn by berm (Wth 2m) except from W-N where it is immediately adjacent. The bank is absent from E-S.
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: 22 May, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut site1 mi
- Cairn - unclassified1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.