Looking east across Cairn U to Patrickstown Hill.

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Loughcrew - Cairn U Cairn U is the first monument many people see at Loughcrew, as you pass it on the way into the fenced off enclosure on the way to Cairn T. It measures 13 meters in diameter, with a ring of kerbstones, and cairn stones surviving to the level of the orthostats. The passage and chamber are almost 7 meters long, and there are some 13 engraved stones. Cairn U from Cairn T. The chamber is a kind of cruciform with a larger right-hand recess. The left-hand recess is divided by a slab. The orientation is roughly the same as Cairn L, towards the November and Febuary cross-quarter day sunrises.

Cairn U.