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Ballynamona Court Cairn

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Ballynamona Court Cairn is a Neolithic court tomb constructed circa 3700-3570 cal. BC, representing a rare southern outlier of a monument type overwhelmingly concentrated in northern Ireland. This is the only court cairn in the southeast of Ireland and one of merely four court tombs known south of the Dundalk-Galway line, making it archaeologically exceptional. The cairn consists of a roofed bu...

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