What is recorded here

Cairn is a cairn, burial cairn in Skrine, County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands towards the SW edge of the N-S karst ridge of Skrine Hill as a circular grass-covered mound 13m wide and 0.4m high. A rectangular cist 3m by 2.2m sits at the centre, defined by low stones with some gaps. A whitethorn tree has split one lintel, though no other lintels remain visible.

Towards the SW edge of the N-S karst ridge of Skrine Hill. Circular grass-covered cairn (diam. 13m E-W; H 0.4m) with a rectangular cist (RO041-062002-) (dims 3m N-W; 2.2m N-S) at the centre. This is defined by low stones (dims 0.5-1.45m x 0.1-0.2m; H 0.2m-0.5m) with some gaps. A whitethorn tree has split a lintel, but there are no other lintels present. Cairn (RO041-063001-) is c. 50m to the NE. Archaeological testing (08E0700) c. 150m to the NW failed to produce any related material (Delaney 2011b). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20th June 2011 See attached document with a plan of the remains.

Burial cairn with central cist, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in the presence of a central stone cist, indicating a formal burial practice associated with early funerary monuments in the region.

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