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Cairn

Cairn, clearance cairn

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Cairn is a cairn, clearance cairn in Clooneenbaun, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1928 edition of the OS 6-inch map and occupies a gentle north-facing slope. The kidney-shaped mound holds limestone blocks, stretches 12.6 metres from northeast to southwest, spans 5.6 metres from northwest to southeast, and rises 0.75 metres.
Marked only on the 1928 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle N-facing slope. This is a kidney-shaped grass-covered mound of limestone blocks (dims 12.6m NE-SW; 5.6m NW-SE; H 0.75m). It may be a clearance cairn. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Clearance cairn, likely post-medieval in date. Its significance lies in reflecting agricultural land clearance practices rather than prehistoric funerary tradition.

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