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'Cairn R1' : Cairn

TownlandCorstown
CountyMeath
Grid RefN 586 775
GPSN 58560 77528 (5m)
Longitude7° 6' 44.37" W
Latitude53° 44' 38.66" N
Nearest TownOldcastle (4.3 Km)
OS Sheet42
UTM zone29U
UTM x624487.19431331
UTM y5956701.3933203

This is a subsite of:

Loughcrew - Corstown - Loughcrew (Carnbane East) - Passage Tomb Cemetery
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 25th November 2006

Cairn R1 lies at the southwest end of the fenced off area on the top of Carnbane East. As with Cairn R2 there is very little of the cairn left and even less in the way of llarge stones from the structure - namely none of it!

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