Cairn

Situated on the floor of the NE-SW upper Araglin river valley, at the S edge of the ravine of a NE-SW tribuatary stream at a point where it turns NW. A small ring of stones (ext. diam. 3m; int. diam. 1m) is overgrown with heather. It is part of a small concentrated group of monuments, with a kerb circle (WA014-033018-) just to the W. (Moore 1995, 200, 205, 227, 242, K2) 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 18 November 2010 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1996).

A Neolithic ring-cairn; likely dates to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Such structures are often associated with ritual or funerary practices and reflect early communal land use and ceremonial activity in the landscape.