What is recorded here

Cairn is a cairn (unclassified) in Coumaraglinmountain, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1995 inventory recorded a subcircular cairn measuring 14.2 metres east-west and 11.6 metres north-south, with large perimeter stones reaching 0.7 metres in height. A separate outlier stone, also 0.7 metres high, lay 9 metres to the east.

Located at the NE edge of the basin of the E-W Monavar stream, where it is bisected by an old N-S track. This is a subcircular cairn (dims. 14.2m E-W; 11.6m N-S) with some large stones (dims. 0.8m x 0.4m; H 0.7m) on the perimeter. An outlier (dims. 0.8m x 0.3m; H 0.7m) is 9m to the E. (Moore 1995, 207, 212-13, 243, M5) 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 subcircular cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, representing a form of funerary or ritual monument common in upland landscapes. Its location near a stream and track may indicate its role in ancient communication or ceremonial networks.

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