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Cairn — burial cairn in Barranisky East

Cairn — burial cairn
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Situated atop high ground with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. Ordnance Survey trigonomterical station marking spot height 894ft. lies 35m to NNW and hilltop enclosure (WI035-074---) 80m to N. Meandering dry-stone wall running roughly E-W marking townland boundary with Glenteige 10m to S, two other meandering walls to the N and running parallel to the townland boundary may be remains of a prehistoric field system (WI025-075----). Present remains consist of a circular-shaped pile (H c. 2.5m; base diam. 18m E-W x 16.5m N-S; Top diam. 8.6m E-W x 10m N-S ) of stones partially heather covered which has the appearance of a possible prehistoric burial cairn, although the possibility of a clearance or boundary cairn cannot be ruled out. There is a small circular-shaped chamber or cavity (diam. 1.2m; D 0.6m ) located off centre to S in the cairn which may have been a later booley shelter or hut site. The suggestion or outline of other similar chambers and possibly an L-shaped passage which are now obscured by stone collapse. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 18 December 2017

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