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Muckish Mountain Cairn

Cairn, unclassified
Muckish Mountain Cairn
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What is recorded here

Marked “Meskanmave” on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map, it consists of a cairn of loose stones c. 22m in diameter and c. 5m in height. Its flat top is c. 6m in diameter. A small heap of stones 1m high is piled up on top. From the S edge of the cairn two ruined walls run to the edge of the mountain c. 25m away. The cairn which is visible over a wide area is situated near the S or lower side of the level top of Muckish Mountain and possibly conceals further features. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983).
Marked “Meskanmave” on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map, it consists of a cairn of loose stones c. 22m in diameter and c. 5m in height. Its flat top is c. 6m in diameter. A small heap of stones 1m high is piled up on top. From the S edge of the cairn two ruined walls run to the edge of the mountain c. 25m away. The cairn which is visible over a wide area is situated near the S or lower side of the level top…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG034-002

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Pictures: Rossographer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; C.B.Doak (user Zorba the Geek ), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; David Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ross, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5; Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Chris Gunns, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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