What is recorded here

Half a metre of peat in a mountain pass, yet it divided two counties for centuries. People walked these rough slopes, watched the mound mark the limit, and lived beside that visible line. Distance and ownership became something the eye could touch.

In rough mountainous terrain. One of a series of mounds and cairns which mark the boundary between counties Cavan and Fermanagh. Remains comprise a low, roughly circular, poorly preserved mound (diam. c. 8m; H. c. 0.6m) mainly composed of peat. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

A Bronze Age boundary mound; part of a linear series marking the ancient inter-county boundary between Cavan and Fermanagh. Its significance lies in its role as a territorial marker and in contributing to the understanding of early land division in the region.

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