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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope 250m SW of a ringfort (WI001-018----) on Golden Hill. Circular cairn (diam. 21m; H 1m) with a kerb of small boulders surviving in places. Larger field-clearance boulders have been added at the N and NE in recent times. (Information P. Healy) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
A circular cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age, with a partial kerb of small boulders; its location near a ringfort suggests possible ritual or funerary significance in a prehistoric landscape.

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