<< Our Photo Pages >> Collinward Cairn - Cairn in Ireland (Northern) in Co. Antrim
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Collinward CairnCountry: Ireland (Northern)
NOTE: This site is 2.258 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Antrim Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Belfast
Latitude: 54.653743N Longitude: 5.95744W
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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Situated on top of the Cavehill - the most prominent mountain in Belfast - at an elevation of about 350 meters, this cairn is now much destroyed due to the construction of a large radio mast.
Nearby is an old ring fort called McArt's Fort with spectacular views over Belfast, and on the path which connects the fort to the cairn there is another ruined cairn containing a small cist which probably dates to the Bronze Age. It is thought that Collinward Cairn may have contained a passage tomb originally. Visitors to the site have started a new cairn on the site of the old, by adding stones.
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