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Cairn — unclassified in Roughaun

Cairn — unclassified

Why this matters

A grassed-over flat-topped cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age, associated with a standing stone; its function may relate to funerary or ritual practices typical of the period.

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Overview

On a low flat-topped hillock in pasture. A grassed-over flat-topped cairn (dims. at base: 6.2m N-S; 4.3m E-W; dims. at top 1.8m E-W; 1.16m N-S; H 0.3-0.6m). A standing stone (CL016-146001-) is located at its NE edge. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 3 August 2022

Who made it and when

The saved record identifies Cairn — unclassified in Roughaun as Cairn — unclassified. It does not safely name its makers or a precise construction date. The saved detailed account records: On a low flat-topped hillock in pasture. A grassed-over flat-topped cairn (dims. at base: 6.2m N-S; 4.3m E-W; dims. at top 1.8m E-W; 1.16m N-S; H 0.3-0.6m). A standing stone (CL016-146001-) is located at its NE edge. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 3 August 2022

How it was made and used

Its classification points to burial or commemoration. The saved wording does not establish the full building method, ceremonies or length of use, so those details remain open.

What was found

No safe list of excavated objects, bones, carvings or dates is supplied by the short saved record. Finds are not invented from the place type or local name.

What remains

The public record still maps Cairn — unclassified in Roughaun as Cairn — unclassified. The point may mark standing remains, earthworks, a buried site or the centre of a wider area, and this first account keeps that difference visible.

Why it mattered

The place preserves physical evidence or local memory connected with cairn — unclassified. Its source and exact position give later research a firm starting point without turning uncertain tradition into fact.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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