What is recorded here

Cairn is a low circular mound of earth and stones in County Meath, Ireland, with a smaller mound at its centre. It stands thirty metres across and remains under a preservation order. The central mound may have marked a trigonometric station, suggesting the site served both ancient ceremony and modern measurement.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Low circular mound of earth and stones (diam. 30m) with mound in centre (diam. 5m), perhaps erected for trigonometric station. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 11/1976).

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