What is recorded here

Carron Mountain is an ancient boundary still holding its line beneath modern conifers. Six cairns once marked the edge between Ballylopen and Ballyshanedehey, but no stones remain visible today. The land has been planted, buried or forgotten, yet the division still belongs to both townlands.

In a modern conifer plantation, on Carron Mountain, on the townland boundaries between Ballylopen and Ballyshanedehey. One of six boundary cairns (CO008-019/020----; LI055-023001-/002-/-024----). Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map or 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Annotated ‘Mound’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 16 November 2021

A Neolithic boundary cairn, likely dating to the 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. It marks a prehistoric territorial boundary and contributes to understanding early land division practices in the region.

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