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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

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Cairn is a cairn (unclassified) in Rathcoun, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the southwest corner of a rectangular enclosure and forms a small oval depression 1.6 metres east to west, 1.47 metres north to south and 0.15 metres deep. Five or six sizeable boulders surround a central stone at the bottom, while lush grass generally hides their protruding tops.
In the SW corner of a rectangular enclosure (TS060-107006-). Small sunken, oval area (dims. 1.6m E-W; 1.47m N-S; D 0.15m) defined by 5-6 sizeable boulders arranged around a central stone which is at the bottom of the depression. Stones embedded in the sod with their tops protruding from same. Stones generally obscured by lush grass but visible when grass prodded and then pulled back. A possible mound barrow (TS060-107010-) is c. 36m to ESE and enclosure (TS060-107005-) is c. 30m to NE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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