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Carn in Tarahill

Cairn, unclassified
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What is recorded here

Marked as a cairn on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the broad summit of Tara Hill, which John O'Donovan, writing c. 1840, considered to be the Teamhair Brogha Nia of early Ireland (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 6). The cairn (dims. c. 17m N-S; c. 16m; max. H 1.5m at E) is largely covered with grass and furze, but there is a trig. station at the centre and a a quarry diam. 4m; D 0.5m) towards the SE edge.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX007-014

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 au
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