What is recorded here
Reported (5-10-2021) by Mr Aidan Harte, Project Co-ordinator, Leitrim Sweathouse Project. On the crest of a low, N-S pasture ridge c.90m E of the S-flowing Eslin River. Not recorded by the OS. A low (H 0.7m) grass-covered circular area (diam. 12m) is defined by large stones. The landowner recalled that, in snow, a straight line is visible extending NE from the monument.
An entry in the Schools Manuscripts Collection (Vol. 0215, p. 244) records: ‘In the town-land of Cavan there is a mound or a Cairn and it is believed that there are either treasures or urn's containing human remains buried there.’
See attached images: LE032-113----_1 Snip from digitalglobe aerial imagery (scale: 1:1000, accessed 15-9-2022) and LE032-113----_2 View from S along the E edge of monument on 10/08/2021.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 3 November 2022
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