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Vicar's Cairn is a Neolithic passage tomb located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, dating to the fourth millennium before the present. The monument consists of a substantial cairn of stones covering an internal passage and chamber structure, representing a form of megalithic burial architecture characteristic of the Neolithic period in Ireland. Such passage tombs functioned as communal burial places and likely held ritual significance within early farming communities. The site is entered on the Historic Environment Record for Northern Ireland under monument identification number 5639.
Vicar's cairn, vicer's carn, the monk's cairn, carnavanaghan, cairnamnhanaghan, carn-na-vanachan, vicar's carn. passage tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5639. View the official record →
Vicar's Cairn is a Neolithic passage tomb located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, dating to the fourth millennium before the present. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5639.
Vicar's cairn, vicer's carn, the monk's cairn, carnavanaghan, cairnamnhanaghan, carn-na-vanachan, vicar's carn. passage tomb dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Vicar's cairn, vicer's carn, the monk's cairn, carnavanaghan, cairnamnhanaghan, carn-na-vanachan, vicar's carn. passage 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 5639.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (2.4 km), The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (3.1 km), The relig, relig-an-chaisill. cashel & souterrain, reused as killeen (children's graveyard) (3.3 km).
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