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Cairn — burial cairn in Kilkenny

Cairn — burial cairn
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On a gentle E-facing slope in an undulating landscape. A cairn (diam. 10m; H 0.9m) which was disturbed in land reclamation during the 1950s revealed a long cist (RO051-010001-) (dims 1.65m N-S; 0.55m E-W; D 0.5m) defined by stone slabs with a slab floor. Fragments of a cremation and of a bowl Food Vessel were recovered in excavation by J. Raftery (Raftery1960-1; Waddell 1990, 130-1; Ó Ríordáin and Waddell 1993, 129). The cist and grass-covered cairn (dims 12m NW-SE; 11m NE-SW; max. H 0.7m) are still visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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