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Cairn

Cairn, unclassified

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Cairn is a cairn, unclassified in Moneygold, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight west-facing slope near the summit of a northeast-southwest ridge in pasture. The semi-circular mound measures eight metres northeast-southwest and five metres northwest-southeast, enclosed by a forty-centimetre scarp of small rubble limestone. A large irregular boulder lies at the west-southwest edge, while a straight northeast-southwest field wall defines the southeast side.
Situated on slight W-facing slope, just off the summit of NE-SW orientated ridge, in pasture. A similar cairn (SL005-145----) is located 10m NE. Roughly semi-circular raised area (dims. 8m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE) enclosed by a scarp (ext. H 0.4m) of small rubble limestone. A single large irregular boulder (L 0.9m; Wth 0.7m; H 0.5m) lies at the edge of the cairn at WSW. The cairn lies at the base of a straight NE-SW orientated field wall that defines the SE side. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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