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Cairn

Cairn, clearance cairn

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Cairn is a cairn, clearance cairn in Tonlegee (ballintober South By., Cams Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The grass-covered mound measures 5.5 metres north to south and 4 metres east to west, reaching 0.3 metres in height at the centre of two nested enclosures. It may be a clearance cairn or the remains of a house, though the distinction has not been resolved.
In a low-lying landscape at the bottom of a N-facing slope. There is a rectangular grass-covered cairn (dims 5.5m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.3m) at the centre of rectangular enclosure (RO035-110002-) which is at the centre of the large enclosure (RO035-110001-). It may be a clearance cairn or the remains of a house. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 27 September 2017

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