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Glen Auldyn Burial Cairn

Archaeology

The remains of a barrow, which measures 12 metres in diameter and is 60 centimetres high. The barrow mound has been robbed of much of its stone, probably taken when the nearby road was built. It now survives as a ring or kerb consisting of white quartz boulders, slate slabs, rubble and soil.  Many of the stones have a distinct outward lean.  Other large stone slabs are exposed in the interior.  In the northwest of the remaining mound is the stone cist, which is orientated northwest to southeast and its sides are formed by two stone slabs 1.0 metre by 0.2 metres by 0.5 metres deep.  The end slabs are missing and one small stone slab alone remains of the floor.

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  • Parish: Lezayre
  • Sheading: Ayre
  • Grid Ref: SC4347091900

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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