Corn Hill
Corn Hill (also Carn Hill or Carn Clonhugh , Irish Carn Clainne Aodha or Sliabh Cairbre ) is a hill about 3.7 km east of Drumlish, north of Longford in County Longford in Ireland , on which the passage Tombs A (Carn Caille) and B lie.
Cairn A with a diameter of about 18 m and a height of three meters is the larger. It is on the highest point of the hill. The reference to this cairn came in 1960 when Ordnance Survey Ireland installed a trigonometric point (TP) which partially damaged the cairn. An excavation took place before the installation, during which cremated bones were recovered in a central rectangular chamber.
Cairn B is about 50 m north of Cairn A, has a diameter of about nine meters and is difficult to see due to the peat and heather area.
The Passage Tombs on Cairn Hill are considered to be the oldest in Ireland , along with Carrowmore , in County Sligo .
Nearby lies Portal Tomb of Aughnacliff .
See also
literature
- Elizabeth Shee Twohig: Irish Megalithic tombs . Shire, Princes Risborough 1990, ISBN 0-7478-0094-4 ( Shire archeology 63).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ireland has 26 county tops (highest points of the counties). Carn Clonhugh is the third lowest at 278 m.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 48 ′ 28 " N , 7 ° 42 ′ 52" W.