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Carn

Cairn, unclassified

What is recorded here

Situated on top of a drumlin. It is described as a ‘Carn’ in italic (1834) and gothic (1907) lettering on different editions of the OS 6-inch map. It was described in 1948 as: elliptical in shape from S to E, and c. 2 feet (0.6m) above the ground level with a shallow depression in the centre (OSFM). It had been removed by 1967.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO009-032

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  • Brian Lenehan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Raymond Okonski, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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