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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

What is recorded here

Ten metres southwest of a wedge tomb, a round cairn still stands with inward-leaning kerbstones along its southern half. Tree-planting has disturbed it, yet three taller stones at the southeast and west mark the edge like forgotten warnings. The field around it has changed, but the cairn keeps its shape, holding the memory of a place people once believed worth marking.
Situated 10m SW of a wedge tomb (CV004-003----). The cairn has been disturbed by tree-planting. It is round in outline, 5.5m in diameter and up to 1m high. Inward-leaning kerbstones survive along its southern half. These are generally 0.5m x 0.8m high with the exception of two at SE and one at W which are each 1.2m high. (Lowry-Corry and Richardson 1937, 168; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 105, no. 3; Sherlock 2007, 74, Burren 1) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995), no. 128. Date of upload: 16 November 2012
Round cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, associated with a nearby wedge tomb. Its location and kerb stones suggest ritual or funerary significance within a broader prehistoric landscape.

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