What is recorded here
Cairn is a cairn, unclassified in Conor's Island, County Sligo, Ireland. The degraded triangular structure measures 6.10m on the north-west side, 6.50m on the east side and 6.90m on the south-west side. It survives to about 0.40m height with slightly concave sides among the island sand dunes. Morphological comparisons have been made with Scandinavian Iron Age treudd graves.
Among the sand dunes on Conor's Island. Remains of a degraded, low, triangular-shaped cairn measuring 6.10m (NW side) by 6.50m (E side) by 6.90m (SW side). It survives to a height of c. 0.40m and the sides appear to be slightly concave. Morphological comparisons have been made with the 'treudd' Iron Age graves of Scandanavian (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney).
Images (taken on 28th August 2017):
SL002-050----_01 Cairn viewed from NW
SL002-050----_02 Cairn viewed from SE
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 22 December 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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