What is recorded here

Mount Leinster is a cairn (unclassified) in Craan (scarawalsh By., St. Mary's Ed), Ballycrystal, County Wexford, Ireland. The 1996 Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford describes this circular monument as a 15 metre diameter structure standing 1 to 1.5 metres high at the summit of the highest peak of the Blackstairs Mountains. It is composed of granite stones measuring approximately 0.4 metres by 0.2 metres, and the source notes that the erection of a trigonometric station since 1945 disturbed the site.

Situated at the summit of Mount Leinster, the highest peak of the NE-SW Blackstairs Mountains. This is a circular cairn (diam. 15m; surviving H 1-1.5m) composed of granite stones (dims. c. 0.4m x 0.2m). It was disturbed by the erection of a trigonometric station since 1945 (SMR file). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 5 April, 2012

A circular cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age, situated on a prominent mountain summit, suggesting ritual or funerary significance. Its location indicates a possible role in prehistoric landscape use or territorial markers.

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