What is recorded here
A reusable public picture page identifies this place as Cairn, Coastguard Hill. This entry is kept separately because no one government record could be safely joined to that public name and point.
A Neolithic cairn; likely dates to the 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. Its significance lies in representing early communal burial practices and megalithic construction in the region.
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Places near here
Horn Head Lookout Postwatch tower, signal tower · 12 yd
Coastguard HillMountain / peak · 25 yd
Horn Head Signal TowerRuins · 857 yd
CrocksheeMountain / peak · 911 yd
Cliffs at Traghlisk PointPublicly named cliff or headland · 1072 yd
Horn Headcoast · 1166 yd
Horn Head Coastal Promontory FortPromontory fort, coastal · 1223 yd
Claggan Stone Enclosure beside Dermot and Grania's BedEnclosure · 1531 yd
Trá Phoill a GhuillBeach / strand · 1.9 mi
Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 2.2 mi
Lockheed Hudson bomber 1942Memorial · 2.3 mi
KillahoeyOfficial bathing water · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0