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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

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Cairn is a cairn, unclassified in Murhy, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands on the flat-topped spur of Kesh Corann Hill as an oval structure measuring 8.3m by 7.3m and rising 1.1m high. Stones removed from the centre created a 7.8m by 1.2m hollow where a limestone outcrop remains visible.
On the flat-topped spur of Kesh Corann Hill. An oval cairn (8.3m x 7.3m; H 1.1m). Stones have been removed from the centre of the cairn leaving a hollow (7.8m x 1.2m) in which a limestone outcrop is visible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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