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Cairn

Cairn, burial cairn
Cairn
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Situated on the N bank of an E-W stream on a gentle W-facing slope in the NE-SW upper Araglin river valley. Circular heather-covered cairn (diam. 9m; H 0.6-1.3m) with a large central cist (WA014-033030-)(min. dims. 1.6m x 1.6m) formed by single large stones (min. H 0.9m) at E and W, while the other sides are obscured by cairn slip. A possible outlying standing stone (dims. 1.65m x 0.3m; H 1.3m), oriented NW-SE, is c. 30m to the W. Burial cairn (WA014-033012-) is c. 60m to the S, on the other side of the stream. (Moore 1995, 199, 209-12, 242, J2) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 18 November 2010 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1996).
Neolithic burial cairn, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE. It is significant as a surviving example of early funerary architecture in the region, containing a central stone cist for inhumation.

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