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'Cairn W' : Passage Tomb

TownlandCorstown
CountyMeath
Grid RefN 587 776
GPSN 58670 77566 (5m)
Longitude7° 6' 38.34" W
Latitude53° 44' 39.84" N
Nearest TownOldcastle (4.3 Km)
OS Sheet42
UTM zone29U
UTM x624596.63166474
UTM y5956740.9315847

This is a subsite of:

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

Saturday, 25th November 2006

Cairn W is a bit of a mess. There are traces of a kerb and some of the orthostats still stand. One of them has fossilised worms embedded in it.

This is the eastern-most of the monuments on Carnbane East. Its passage probably faced south-ish.

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