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Cairn — unclassified in Burren (tullyhaw By., Tuam Ed)

Cairn — unclassified
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Situated 10m SW of a wedge tomb (CV004-003----). The cairn has been disturbed by tree-planting. It is round in outline, 5.5m in diameter and up to 1m high. Inward-leaning kerbstones survive along its southern half. These are generally 0.5m x 0.8m high with the exception of two at SE and one at W which are each 1.2m high. (Lowry-Corry and Richardson 1937, 168; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 105, no. 3; Sherlock 2007, 74, Burren 1) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995), no. 128. Date of upload: 16 November 2012

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