What is recorded here

Cairn is a cairn (unclassified) in Coumaraglinmountain, County Waterford, Ireland. It occupies a shelf on the south-facing slope of Cnoiceen Hill and presents a 4.5-metre circular base that rises 0.3 metres. A 2.5-metre C-shaped stone spread extends toward the southeast, creating a 12.5-metre external ring-cairn shape within the Coumaraglinmountain national monument complex.

Located on a shelf on the S-facing slope of Cnoiceen Hill. Circular cairn (diam. 4.5m; H 0.3m) altered to function as a ring-cairn by the addition of a C-shaped stone spread (Wth 2.5m) which extends to SE (ext. diam. 12.5m). (Moore 1995, 200, 210, 222-3, 242, J11) This monument forms part of the national monument complex at Coumaraglinmountain (National Monuments (Preservation) Order No. 4 of 1996). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 29 April 2011

A Neolithic ring-cairn, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, modified from an earlier circular cairn; such structures are significant for understanding ritual practices and landscape use in early farming communities.

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