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Clogheracaun

Cairn, unclassified

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Clogheracaun is a cairn (unclassified) in Crohan, County Tipperary, Ireland. It stands on level ground on the east shoulder of Crohan hill in the Knockmealdown Mountains. The circular structure measures 17.3 metres north to south and 17.5 metres east to west, reaching a maximum height of 2.05 metres. An outer ring of stones delimits the cairn, while irregular heaps of medium sized boulders lie within.
On level ground on the E shoulder of Crohan hill in the Knockmealdown Mountains. Coniferous plantation c. 100-150m to the S and W and c. 250m to the N. Circular cairn (dims. 17.3m N-S; 17.5m E-W; max. H 2.05m) with an outer ring of stones which appears to be delimiting the cairn, with irregular heaps of medium sized boulders within. Low heather is surrounding and encroaching on the base of the cairn. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Neolithic circular cairn, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its location within the Knockmealdown Mountains suggests it may be part of a broader prehistoric landscape of ritual or funerary monuments.

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