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Cairn

Cairn, boundary cairn

What is recorded here

In rough pasture, on Carron Mountain, on the Cork-Limerick County Boundary along the townland boundaries between Ballyhaght and Streamhill East. One of five boundary cairns (LI055-027001-/002-; LI055-029/043----). Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated ‘Mound’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map and depicted as a small circular-shaped mound on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 November 2021
A Neolithic boundary cairn, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. It marks a territorial boundary and reflects early land division practices in the region.

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