Last weekend, I went on another hike to map the route which had recently been changed. Rather than having one Kilmacoliver Loop, there are now a Summit Loop and a Woodlands Loop. Both lead to the top of a hill called Kilmacoliver Hill. The old route passed a megalithic passage tomb, but unfortunately, the farmer has decided to no let people on his land any longer, so one can only see it from afar. However, what we could also see, was a survey point or trig point nearby.

It stands to reason that this is the peak of the hill. But when I got home and started mapping the hiking trails and whatever else of interest was in the area (like the passage tomb), I noticed that the peak was marked in a different location on the British War Office map:

A check against the first edition Ordnance Survey maps revealed that the peak had been where the trig point is in the 1840s:

Since we walked uphill to get to the trig point, I’m fairly convinced that that location is the actual peak. However, even on the modern OS map, the label “Kilmacoliver Hill” is closer to the location on the British War Office map.

Another interesting point is the label “Burial Ground” or “Old Burying G.” for the passage tomb site. Makes me wonder if it was used as a cillín, because usually the prehistoric sites are labelled as “Giant’s Grave” or similar.