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- The
Cailleach
Cairns A, B and C
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- Cairn
D
Cairns E, F and G
Cairn H
Cairns I, J and K
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Cairns M, N and O
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Cairn S
Cairn T
Cairn U
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 Loughcrew
- Cairn A
- There
are three sites labelled A, Cairns A, A2 and A3. All were quite ruined
when Conwell looked at them in the 1860's. A and A2 seem to have been
quite small (between 6 and 8 m in diameter), while he gives a possible
diameter of 20 m for A3. The standing stone in the
photo above is probably the only remaining kerbstone of Cairn A3. Very
lttle remains of A and A2. These three sites are the southmost satellites
of the largest cairn at Loughcrew, Cairn
D.
Cairn B
- Cairn
B appears again to have been quite a small monument with a diameter
of about 9 meters. It is also quite ruined, with three stones remaining
of the chamber. Conwell thought it might be oriented to about 110°,
the general direction of the Boyne Valley,
Tara and Fourknocks.
Cairn C
- The only
remains of Cairn C are a few stones which may be what is left of the
chamber, in a low mound which Herity gives as perhaps 5 m across. These
sites on the south side of Cairnbane West may have been robbed to build
the massive wall which seperates them from the other monuments. Huge
walls are a feature of the Loughcrew Hills, and must account for the
destruction of the smaller cairns.
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