Cemetery
cairns are stone burial mounds, usually found on hill-tops. The larger
cairns contain megalithic tombs, e.g. passage-tombs, portal-tombs
or wedge-tombs. The smaller cairns cover more simple burials, the
usual type of grave found in these cairns being cists. Cairns are
generally circular in profile, but can also be oval or D-shaped.
There are five known recorded cemetery cairns in County Clare.
Photos
of cemetery cairns Map
of the cemetery cairns of Clare 