<< Our Photo Pages >> Vicar's Cairn - Passage Grave in Ireland (Northern) in Co. Armagh
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Vicar's Cairn Alternative Name: Monk's Cairn, CarnavanaghanCountry: Ireland (Northern) County: Co. Armagh Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Portadown Nearest Village: Armagh
Latitude: 54.298400N Longitude: 6.59678W
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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Passage Grave in Co. Armagh
Previous entry for this site by Anonymous is totally off so here's an update of precise location, description and some pics.
The cairn is not destroyed...it survives to a height of 4 metres on the south side but a lot of the north side is in a pretty bad shape. No sign of decorated kerb stones as stated in old records. A small modern rectangular structure at the base of the cairn has almost been reclaimed by nature.
The cairn is a scheduled monument
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