What is recorded here

Burial in Cahersherkin occupies a south-facing slope where a faint rectangular platform rises barely thirty centimetres above the grass. The landowner calls it a famine burial, suggesting hungry bodies were laid quickly beneath the soil while higher ground watched from the north and east. Flat stones still scatter the surface like forgotten markers, preserving the shape of desperation long after the names disappeared.

Situated on a S-facing slope in a lowlying area with higher ground to the N and E. A slightly raised rectangular area (9.3m NW-SE; 10.4m NE-SW at base: 8m NW-SE, 7.6m NE-SW at top: H 0.1-0.3m except at S where it is 0.8m). There is a slight mound (Wth 1.6m; H 0.1m) at NE and a raised rectangular platform (3m x 2.2m; H 0.2-0.3m) at the W corner. There are some flat stones (0.2m x 0.15m) on the surface and as a form of cladding from W to NW. Described by the landowner as a famine burial. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 June 2016

A Neolithic long cairn; its raised rectangular form and orientation suggest a ceremonial or funerary function typical of early farming communities in Ireland.

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