What is recorded here

Carron Mountain still carries six boundary cairns, though no stones or mounds remain visible above the conifer plantation. The quiet disappearance suggests people stopped maintaining the marks rather than the land forgetting them.

In a conifer plantation, on Carron Mountain, on the townland boundaries between Ballylopen and Ballyshanedehey. One of six cairns (CO008-019/020----; LI055-022/023001/002-). 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: 17 November 2021

A boundary cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age; such cairns were used to mark territorial divisions and have significance in understanding early land use and social organization.

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