What is recorded here
Cairn is a cairn (unclassified) in Coumaraglinmountain, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1995 record describes a D-shaped stone feature on the flat summit of Cnoiceen Hill, measuring 8 metres from northeast to southwest and 4.7 metres from northwest to southeast. Its western half is disturbed by a separate ring-cairn, while the main structure joins another nearby cairn within the protected Coumaraglinmountain complex.
Located on the flat summit of Cnoiceen Hill. D-shaped cairn (dims. 8m NE-SW; 4.7m NW-SE; H 0.2m), the W half of which is disturbed by a ring-cairn (WA023-066030-). It is conjoined with cairn WA023-066028-. (Moore 1995, 200, 212, 242, J9)
This monument forms part of the national monument complex at Coumaraglinmountain (National Monuments (Preservation) Order No. 4 of 1996).
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: 29 April 2011
D-shaped cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its association with other cairns suggests a ritual or funerary function within a broader landscape of burial monuments.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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