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Carn in Cave

Cairn, burial cairn
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On a low hill, 2km W of Knockmaa (see GA042-064002-). What survives today is a poorly preserved irregular cairn (D c. 15m, H c. 2.5m) much depleted by quarrying in the late 19th C. It was during quarrying in 1902, that a rectangular cist (E-W; L 2.2m, Wth 1.1m, H 1.1m) was discovered on S side of the cairn. It was drystone-built, had a floor slab, and a large capstone (L >2m). It contained an extended skeleton with the head to W. An Irish Vase stood at E end and a portion of another lay near the head. (Costello 1903, 9; 1905, 34-8; Waddell 1975, 14; 1990, 92) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA042-093

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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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