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Cairn

Cairn, clearance cairn

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Cairn is a cairn, clearance cairn in Grallagh (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The structure measures seven metres by five metres and rises 0.9 metres inside the southeastern bank of a rath. Gannon misinterpreted the feature as a hut-site in 1972.
There is a clearance cairn (dims 7m x 5m; H 0.9m) inside the bank of rath (RO014-052001-) at SE, which has been misinterpreted as a hut-site (Gannon 1972). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Clearance cairn, likely medieval or later in date. Its significance lies in its association with a ringfort, reflecting agricultural activity or landscape modification in the area.

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