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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

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Within the forest park in Portumna Demesne. A roughly subcircular cairn (14.4m N-S; 11.8m E-W; max. H 2m at W) is composed of moss-covered boulders. Stone-facing is evident at S and W, elsewhere the outer limits are much collapsed. A central area (diam. 7m) is girdled by a collapsed wall (Wth 2.4m) from SW to NW. A pathway (Wth 1m) outside this may have lead up to the interior. Some trees are growing on the cairn. Possibly a landscape feature. The following images have been uploaded: GA126-084----_01.jpg View from W of wall-facing GA126-084----_02.jpg General view from W GA126-084----_03.jpg General view from N Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 25 July 2023
A roughly subcircular cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, representing a form of funerary or ritual monument. Its location within Portumna Demesne suggests a possible connection to broader prehistoric landscape use, though specific significance remains undetermined.

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