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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Poulawack CairnCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Clare Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ennis Nearest Village: Poulawack
Map Ref: R2323998520
Latitude: 53.032152N Longitude: 9.14491W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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jeffrep visited on 17th Apr 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3
Poulawack Cairn has been dated variously by several observers to be between 3000 and 1900 BCE. Excavation in 1935 revealed the remains of 16 people buried in 10 separate graves. Since so few people were buried here over such a long period indicates that this cairn was a burial place for high-ranking individuals. One observation claims that very few bodies were cremated at this site, indicating Bronze Age origin, a period when unburnt burials were quite common. Nearby, and frankly more visually if not archaeologically interesting, is an extremely elaborate souterrain (see photos).
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