Post office signal post, cairn in County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Located at the NW end of a natural knoll known as 'Dun Hill' which has been enclosed in antiquity (DU019-004002-). This is a circular denuded cairn (diam 14m; H 1.5m) which incorporates a cist-like structure (L 0.8m; W 0.89m; D 0.5m). The latter is indicated as 'post office signal post' on the 1843 edition of the OS 6-inch map and may not be original (Westropp 1922, 58-9). This cairn was apparently built on top of a low earthen mound thought to be a barrow (DU019-004003-). The headland was subject to gorse fire over the summer of 2013 revealing field walls to the southwest. The cist itself and the summit remained unburned.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU019-004001

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