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Cairn in Tomdeely North

Cairn, burial cairn

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In low-lying, gently undulating pasture, overlooking the River Deel c. 0.9km to E and the Shannon Estuary to N. A second similar feature (LI010-125----) lies approx. 90m to S. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified is Site 2 in 1999 as a possible enclosure by Celie O’Rahilly when walking the route of a proposed ESB power line. Monument is visible as an irregular oval-shaped stony area on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 08/04/2015. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 July 2020
In low-lying, gently undulating pasture, overlooking the River Deel c. 0.9km to E and the Shannon Estuary to N. A second similar feature (LI010-125----) lies approx. 90m to S. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified is Site 2 in 1999 as a possible enclosure by Celie O’Rahilly when walking the route of a proposed ESB power line. Monument is visible as an irregular oval-shaped stony area on Digital Globe…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI010-125

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Askeaton mike, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Philip Halling, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Roger McLachlan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • The Banner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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