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Lugnagun : Cairn

CountyWicklow
Grid RefO 031 114
GPSO 03124 11383 (5m)
Longitude6° 27' 31.26" W
Latitude53° 8' 34.83" N
Nearest TownBlessington (5.9 Km)
OS Sheet56
UTM zone29U
UTM x669969.12854192
UTM y5891196.0619182
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 25th April 2004

Strolling down the hill towards the car a stone caught my eye. This was about 1m tall and standing up. When I reached it it appeared to be staning on the edge of a round reaised platform about 8m in diameter. A few other stones also stand around it.

Now I'm being cautious here by calling it a cairn, but it could be a hut circle ... it could be the remains of a stone circle! How good would that be!?

The platform is definitely man-made, because you can see loose stones packed around the base of the standing stone that first caught my eye. Another unrecorded monument to add to the list, I think.

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