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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

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Cairn is a cairn, unclassified in Breeoge, County Sligo, Ireland. The sub-rectangular, flat-topped structure measures 20m in diameter and rises 1.40m to 2.50m high. Its west and south edges show quarrying, suggesting the original site was circular rather than rectangular.
Sub-rectangular, flat-topped cairn (diam. 20m, H 1.40m-2.50m). The site was probably circular as the W and S appear to have been quarried (ACP V203/118-7). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 31 July 2013
A sub-rectangular flat-topped cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age; its partial destruction limits assessment of wider significance.

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