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Cairn

Cairn, clearance cairn

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Cairn is a cairn, clearance cairn in Castleteheen, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the crest of a slight north-west to south-east ridge as a subrectangular shape measuring 4.2 metres north-south, 2 metres east-west and 0.3 metre high. The structure sits at the centre of a rath with a standing stone positioned just to its east.
On the crest of a slight NW-SE ridge. There is a subrectangular cairn (dims 4.2m N-S; 2m E-W; H 0.3m), probably a clearance cairn, at the centre of rath (RO027-017001-) with the standing stone (RO027-017005-) just to its E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 27 September 2017
Clearance cairn, likely medieval or later in date. Its significance is primarily archaeological, reflecting land clearance practices rather than funerary use.

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