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Cairn & alignment is a prehistoric cairn located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument consists of a stone cairn associated with an alignment of stones, features typical of Neolithic or Bronze Age ritual and funerary monuments in the Irish landscape. The exact dating and original form of the structure remain subjects of archaeological study, though such cairns generally served ceremonial or burial purposes during the prehistoric period. The site's alignment component suggests it may have held astronomical or territorial significance for the communities that constructed it.
Cairn & alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14452. View the official record →
Cairn & alignment is a prehistoric cairn located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14452.
Cairn & alignment dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cairn & alignment is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 14452.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bradley's cairn. round cairn with standing stones (0.4 km), Stone circle (1.4 km), Standing stone, three cairns & two stone circles (3.3 km).
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