
What is recorded here
One of five cairns (15191, 15193, 15195, 15192) near top of Carron Mountain (see 11813), marking the Cork-Limerick border. Cairn (3.5m N-S; 3m E-W; H 0.6m) is covered in grass and heather; several large stones can be seen protruding through overgrowth.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Boundary Cairn, Streamhill East is a prehistoric boundary marker, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, and is significant as part of a group of cairns used to demarcate the ancient Cork-Limerick territorial divide.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
MoundsCairn, boundary cairn · 106 yd
CairnCairn, boundary cairn · 114 yd
Carron MountainMountain / peak · 164 yd
Little CarronMountain / peak · 831 yd
Kilquane Church (in ruins)Church · 1.4 mi
post boxpost box · 1.5 mi
BallinaboolaVisitor information · 1.7 mi
Ballymacshaneboy Castle (in ruins)Castle, unclassified · 2.1 mi
Ardskeagh MoatCastle, motte · 2.5 mi
ToberSpring · 4.0 mi
Lady's WellSpring · 4.1 mi
Rogan's Rock CovertWood · 4.5 miOther information
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