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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

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Cairn is a cairn, unclassified in Ballure, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a rise in an undulating landscape as a circular, grass-covered structure measuring 8.5 metres across and 0.5 to 1 metre high. An old, grass-covered quarry measuring 5 metres across and 0.8 to 1 metre deep cuts into its centre.
Situated on a rise in an undulationg landscape. A circular, grass-covered cairn (diam. 8.5m; H 0.5-1m) has an old, grass-covered quarry (diam. 5m; D 0.8-1m) dug into its centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 March, 2013
A circular cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, with a central quarry pit; its function and wider significance are not clearly established.

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