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The Small Cairn is a prehistoric megalithic tomb located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. This monument represents the funerary architecture of the Neolithic period, when communities in the Irish landscape constructed chambered cairns as communal burial places. The structure survives as a substantial stone heap, characteristic of megalithic tombs from this era, though the precise internal arrangement of any burial chamber is not clearly documented in current archaeological records. Such monuments are significant archaeological evidence of early settled communities and their ritual practices in prehistoric Ireland.
The small cairn. megalithic tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6059. View the official record →
The Small Cairn is a prehistoric megalithic tomb located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6059.
The small cairn. megalithic tomb dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
The small cairn. megalithic tomb 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 6059.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Megalithic tomb (1.4 km), Motte (3.1 km), Mound - possibly barrow (3.9 km).
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