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Cairn in Knocksquire or Knockscur

Cairn, ring-cairn
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On a flat break of an E-facing slope, in upland, hilly terrain, under pasture. The views are very good N, Tomduff Hill dominates from NE-SE and Mount Leinster peeks behind this hill to the E. From S-W the view is extensive, however, it is impeded W by the rise in slope. There is a hawthorn tree growing in the SE…

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On a flat break of an E-facing slope, in upland, hilly terrain, under pasture. The views are very good N, Tomduff Hill dominates from NE-SE and Mount Leinster peeks behind this hill to the E. From S-W the view is extensive, however, it is impeded W by the rise in slope. There is a hawthorn tree growing in the SE quadrant. An oval partially grass-covered cairn (H c. 0.6m; dims. 11.7m N-S; 7.5m E-W) defined by kerbstones, some contiguous, particularly in the NE quadrant. In the northern half of the monument, particularly the NE quadrant there is evidence of internal kerbing, creating a kerbed bank (Wth 1.8m). In the NW the bank (Wth 2.6m) is grass covered and there is more slip. In the southern half the edge of the monument is defined by scarp and some kerbstones, the largest being a large quartz boulder in the SSW. The interior is lower than the enclosing bank and, while generally clear of cairn material, has some upright stones similar in size to the kerbstones. There is an area of disturbance in the W sector where the monument appears to have been dug into in the past. In the resulting hollow there is a large boulder, likely to have been dumped there as part of field clearance activity. Photogrpahs: CW019-069----_01 Overall view from NE CW019-069----_02 Overall view from SE CW019-069----_03 Detail of kerbing in NE quadrant, from the N CW019-069----_04 Detail of kerbing in NE quadrant, particularly internal kerb, from NNW Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 26 September 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW019-069

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