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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

What is recorded here

Cairn is an unclassified grass-covered mound of loose stone, one metre high and eight by six metres across, beside a hut on a low limestone outcrop in County Kerry. It sits in a reclaimed field south of a larger complex, offering splendid views especially towards the south. The mound may mark a buried chamber, a boundary, or a forgotten ceremony, but no clear function has been recorded.
'Situated on top of a low limestone outcrop in a reclaimed field on the immediate south side of the above complex [KE038-147---- to KE038-153----]. This reef affords splendid views on all sides, but especially towards the south.....on the immediate western side of [Hut KE038-146----] is a 1.00m high grass-covered mound of what appears to be loose stone. This mound is 8.00m N-S by 6.00m E-W.' Compiled by Michael Connolly for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as part of a survey of the Lee Valley area in 1996-97. Date of upload: 30 April 2012

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