What is recorded here
Cairn is a long low mound of peat in County Carlow, Ireland, reaching only about forty centimetres high. It may be a natural feature rather than a human make, yet the distinction barely matters once rain, root and time have touched it. A person could have knelt there, marked a boundary or simply watched the sky change over the flat land. The mound still holds that much uncertainty, and the uncertainty gives it life.
A long low mound of peat (6m E-W; 3m N-S; max. H c. 0.4m) with some stone inclusions. Recorded by Ó Murchú (2011, 77) as part of a Master's thesis (Survey number: C27). May be a natural feature.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 08 November 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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