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Farbreaga

Cairn, unclassified
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Located about 50m S of the summit of Farbreaga Mountain. This is a cairn (diam. 11m; max. H 0.9m) with a quarry on the N side and a pyramidal cairn built on the perimeter at SW. The pyramidal cairn is visible from the floor of the upper Dalligan river valley to the S. (Moore 1995, 199-200, J12) Moore, M. (1995) A Bronze Age setlement and ritual centre in the Monavullagh Mountains, County Waterford. PPS 61, 191-243.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA023-004

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