Cairn - burial cairn

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the S bank of an E-W stream on a gentle W-facing slope of the NE-SW upper Araglin river valley. Circular grass-covered cairn (diam. 6.5m; H 0.3-0.5m) with two central cists. One cist (WA014-033031-)(dims. 0.9m x 0.6m; D 0.8m) has a large roofstone (dims. 1.45m x 0.6-1m). The other cist (WA014-033032-)is obscured by spoil (dims. c. 1m x 0.8m). A possible outlying standing stone (dims. 1.1m x 0.4m; H 0.7m), oriented N-S, is 28m to the W, and burial cairn (WA014-033011-) is c. 60m to the N, on the other side of the stream. (Moore 1995, 199-200, 209-10, 242, J3)

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.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 18 November 2010

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1996).

References

Moore, M. 1995 A bronze age settlement and ritual centre in the Monavullagh mountains, county Waterford, Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 61, 191-243.