Burial in Cahersherkin, County Clare

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What is recorded here

Situated on a S-facing slope in a lowlying area with higher ground to the N and E. A slightly raised rectangular area (9.3m NW-SE; 10.4m NE-SW at base: 8m NW-SE, 7.6m NE-SW at top: H 0.1-0.3m except at S where it is 0.8m). There is a slight mound (Wth 1.6m; H 0.1m) at NE and a raised rectangular platform (3m x 2.2m; H 0.2-0.3m) at the W corner. There are some flat stones (0.2m x 0.15m) on the surface and as a form of cladding from W to NW. Described by the landowner as a famine burial.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL016-160

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