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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

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Cairn is a cairn, unclassified in Altanelvick,carrowgavneen, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the rounded peak of Crockalaghta as a small roughly circular heather-covered rise measuring 10m across and 0.8m high. The feature sits 4m south of another larger cairn, while a slightly curving roughly E-W line of intermittent stones protrudes from the heather a few metres further south.
On the rounded peak of Crockalaghta. A small roughly circular heather-covered rise (diam. 10m; H 0.8m) noted c. 4m S of another larger cairn (SL019-174001-). A few metres further S, a slightly curving roughly E-W line of intermittent stones protrudes from the heather. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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