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Cappaghkennedy : Cairn

CountyClare
Grid RefR 309 980
GPSR 30887 98041 (3m)
Longitude9° 1' 48.81" W
Latitude53° 1' 43.04" N
Nearest TownCorrofin (9.6 Km)
OS Sheet51
UTM zone29U
UTM x497972.8511551
UTM y5875455.0540715
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 21st September 2008

I visited two of the three hilltop cairns here. This one is the lowest of two that are in a different field to the wedge tomb in the same townland.

It is about 1.5m high and 10m in diameter. Like the field around it it has a covering of grass, but beware ... the ground here is treacherous as beneath the grass is limestone pavement. The main cairn is only 100m away, but it took me 5 minutes to reach it due to having to pick very carefully where each foot was placed.

There are a couple of large slabs poking out of this cairn. These may represent an inner chamber.

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