
What is recorded here
Cairn is a cairn (unclassified) in Commons (upperthird By.), Ross (upperthird By.), Boolacloghagh, County Waterford, Ireland. The subrectangular stone mound measures 8.3 metres east to west and 6.3 metres north to south, rising between 0.2 and 0.9 metres on a Comeragh plateau that overlooks Coum Iarthar Lough to the west. A probably modern pyramid of stones, 0.9 metres high, stands at its centre.
Situated on a plateau of the Comeragh Mountains overlooking Coum Iarthar Lough to the W. Subrectangular cairn (dims. 8.3m E-W; 6.3m N-S; H 0.2-0.9m) with a pyramid of stones (H 0.9m) which is probably modern at the centre.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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