wideford
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'saucer-type' cairn = saucer barrow ?
Jun 23, 2004, 19:42
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I can find no references to the former site-type but many to the latter. Apparently saucer barrows tend to be for female burials, so it is interesting to note that the nearby site of Dun Deardail is associated with the Ulster princess Deirdre. I therefore wonder if there is a link ?
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BigSweetie
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Re: 'saucer-type' cairn = saucer barrow ?
Jun 24, 2004, 10:58
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I think saucer cairns must be the same as saucer barrows - if you type saucer cairn into Canmore it brings up an example called CAIRNFIELD MUIR in Fife which is listed as a cairn and described as a barrow.
I've noticed this quite a lot through Canmore - I thought a barrow was earth-made and a cairn was stone-made, but the terms seem to be interchangeable on many records
Cheers
Andy
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wideford
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Re: 'saucer-type' cairn = saucer barrow ?
Jun 24, 2004, 14:56
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Perhaps the thinking is that a cairn is a barrow with the stones showing.
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