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Pile of Stones

Cairn, boundary cairn

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Pile of Stones is a cairn, boundary cairn in Clogh, County Sligo, Ireland. It is one of eight cairns marking the boundary between counties Sligo and Leitrim in inhospitable mountainous terrain. The modern-looking pile sits at the east edge of the Truskmore plateau.
Listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified 'Cairn Possible' in both. Not indicated on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is one of a series of eight cairns (SL006-043----; SL006-044----; SL006-047----; SL006-048----; SL006-049----; SL006-050----; SL006-051----; SL006-063----) which mark the boundary between counties Sligo and Leitrim in inhospitable mountainous terrain. Located at the E edge of the Truskmore plateau. This is a modern-looking pile of stones. Note: This is the same monument as LE003-025----. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 24 July 2012
A Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the early to middle Bronze Age. Its classification as part of a series of cairns suggests a regional funerary or ritual landscape.

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