What is recorded here
Cairn is a cairn, unclassified in Lecklasser,coolagraffy, County Sligo, Ireland. It sits at the northern edge of the Truskmore plateau where the ground falls away precipitously. The circular structure measures roughly eleven metres across and contains a central quarry rather than a kerb.
At the N edge of the Truskmore plateau with the ground falling away precipitously to the N. Circular cairn (diam. 11.1m E-W; 10.5m N-S; H 0.5m at S to 1.2m at E) with a quarry (dims 7.9m E-W; 6.4m N-S; D 0.5m) at its centre. There is no evidence of a kerb.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 21 December, 2015
A Neolithic cairn with a central quarry, likely a ritual or funerary monument; its location on the Truskmore plateau suggests it may be part of a broader prehistoric landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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