What is recorded here

Cairn is a cairn (unclassified) in Deelishmountain, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory recorded a subcircular structure at the summit of a hill in the southern foothills of the Monavullagh Mountains. It measured 21 metres east to west and 19 metres north to south, rising 2 to 2.4 metres above the ground. A central hollow, 5 metres across and 1 metre deep, marked the middle of the stone mound.

Located at the summit of a hill at the S foothills of the Monavullagh Mountains. Subcircular cairn (dims. 21m E-W; 19m N-S; H 2-2.4m) with a hollow (diam. 5m; D 1m) at the centre. Numerous wind-shelters have been excavated into the cairn, but there is no evidence of a kerb or of internal structures. 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: 21st April, 2011.

A subcircular cairn, likely Bronze Age in date, with a central hollow and wind-shelters, representing a common funerary or ritual monument type in upland areas of Ireland. Its location on a prominent hilltop suggests it may have had ceremonial or territorial significance.

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