What is recorded here

Ancient Grave is a small stone cairn at the bottom of a south-facing slope in County Clare, named on the 1916 map and still marked as an unclassified grave. Its long axis points east-west, and a thin stone lies exposed at the south edge, perhaps what remains of a cist. The field is reclaimed grassland now, but the stones keep the shape of a buried life.

At the bottom of a S-facing slope in a field of reclaimed grassland. Named ‘Ancient Grave’ on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. An overgrown stone cairn (2m E-W; 1.2m N-S; H 0.5-0.7m) aligned E-W. An exposed stone (L 1m; T 0.15m) at S may be the partial remains of a cist (CL016-054001-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 18 May 2022

A Neolithic stone cairn; its alignment and construction are typical of early funerary monuments in Ireland. The site's inclusion on the 1916 Ordnance Survey map indicates historical recognition, though its wider significance remains undocumented.

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