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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

What is recorded here

Cairn is an irregular, overgrown stone mound on an east-facing shoulder in County Clare, marked by upright rocks and a drainage cut that bites into its west side. It sits within a large multiperiod field system, suggesting people shaped and used the land around it across several ages. The mound may have guided movement, marked a boundary, or served a ceremony now forgotten, while livestock and soil have softened its edges.
On an E-facing upper shoulder of a semi-karst slope in rough pasture, offering wide views and within a large multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Identified in 1996 by Tom Coffey. This irregular overgrown cairn (current dims. 13m N-S; 8m E-W; H 0.4-1.4m) has been truncated at the W by a drainage ditch (Wth 1-1.5m; D 0.5-0.8m). There are several stones set on edge at the E and SE sides of the cairn. Some digging activity has exposed the stone and earth makeup of the cairn. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 23 May 2023

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