Carn in Gorteenachurry, cairn in County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

At the N edge of a high plateau overlooking the Glenaniff valley to the N and buried in c. 1m of peat. A single flat slab (dims 1.7m x 1m; T 0.4m) rests on a buried stone pile within a subrectangular cairn (dims 20.5m NNE-SSW; 8m WNW-ESE; H c. 1m). No kerbstones can be distinguished.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE004-025

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