Cairn

Situated on the floor of the NE-SW upper Araglin river valley, at the S edge of the ravine of a NE-SW tribuatary stream at a point where it turns NW. This is a circular heather-covered cairn (diam. 2.5m) with low kerbstones. It is part of a concenrated group of monuments, and is situated between kerb-cairn (WA014-033014-) and its outlying standing stone. (Moore 1995, 206, 216, 242, L4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 18 November 2010 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1996).

A Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the 4th to 3rd millennium BCE, representing a type of early funerary or ritual monument. Its location within a river valley may indicate a symbolic or territorial significance in the Neolithic landscape.