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Heapstown Cairn
54.0950° N, -8.3483° E
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Heapstown Cairn is a cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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Petrie illustration
1837
Wakeman illustration
1878
Kerbstone art discovery
1998
Construction
c. 3000 BC
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Burial MoundsPassage Graves
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Petroglyphs
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Artificial Mounds
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