
What is recorded here
Situated on a shoulder of the NE-facing slope of the Comeragh Mountains, and within a cairnfield (WA006-014001-). Heather-covered ring of cairn material (ext. diam. 12.5-14.3m; int. diam. 9.3-10m) open at SSW (Wth 1.1m).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
A Neolithic ring-cairn, dating to the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE, associated with early ceremonial or funerary practices in the Comeragh Mountains region. Its location within a cairnfield suggests it is part of a broader prehistoric landscape of ritual and burial activity.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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