What is recorded here

Five hollows mar the flat top of the Clare cairn, one exposing a chamber lintel beneath centuries of stone. Men dug those pits during roadway works in 1874-5, pulling at least two sets of bones from a hidden cist while others swore no such chamber existed. The quarry now rips the ridge beside it, reducing ancient patience to vibrating dust and roaring noise.

On the boundary between Ballyneillan and Bushypark townlands (also the boundary between the baronies of Bunratty Upper and Islands) at the E end of a W-E ridge with a deep active quarry immediately to the S. A flat-topped stone cairn (diam. of base c. 20m; diam. of top c. 10m; H 1.8-2m) with no kerbstones or other distinguishing features visible. Five hollows are dug into the top of the cairn. One of the hollows reveals the lintel of a possible chamber. A report (F94/4497/0001, SMR file) in support of placing a preservation order on the site mentions that the cairn was dug into in 1874-5 during the construction of a nearby roadway and a cist grave containing at least two human remains was discovered. Westropp (1917, 5) however, noted the ‘conspicuous cairn which gives its name to Carran, or Corran Hill on the bounds of Ballyneillan and Bushy Park’ and says that it ‘yielded human and other bones, but no cist’. It is within hilltop enclosure (CL033-023002-). The following images have been uploaded: CL033-023----_01.jpg Cairn from SW. CL033-023----_02.jpg S hollow from N. CL033-023----_03.jpg Possible chamber lintel from SE. CL033-023----_04.jpg Cairn from N. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 3 February 2020 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1987).

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