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Piles of Stones

Cairn, boundary cairn

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Piles of Stones is a cairn, boundary cairn in Cabragh (leyny By.),gortakeeran, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the fourth most northerly of ten possible cairns marking a long linear townland boundary on the upper bog-covered slopes of the Ox Mountains. None appeared on the 1837 Ordnance Survey six-inch map, and no remains of this probably post-1700 AD structure are now visible.
Listed in the SMR (1989) and the RMP (1995) under the classification 'Cairn(s) Possible'. On the upper bog-covered slopes of the Ox Mountains. This is the fourth most northerly of 10 cairns (see also: SL019-171001-; SL019-171002-; SL019-172----; SL025-147001-; SL025-147002----; SL025-147003-; SL025-147004-; SL025-147005-; SL025-147006-) that mark a long linear length of the townland boundary between Cabragh and Gortakeeran. None of the ten are marked of the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. There are no remains of this cairn, in all probability post-1700 AD in date, now visible. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 13 December 2011

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