What is recorded here

Nine cairns still stand along the hilltop near Carns, marking a place where people died and were remembered before written history. This is one of them: a broad, low ring of stones on Glasgeivnagh Hill, partly grassed over, with kerbstones still visible around much of its edge. It sits above a steep eastern cliff and open pasture, exposed to weather and traffic. Someone may have laid stones here for a loved one, watched the valley, and left no name behind.

Near the summit of the semi-karst Glasgeivnagh Hill commanding wide views, with land falling steeply to a cliff c. 65m to the E. In rough pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Hachured and in an area named ‘Carns’ on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is one of a cluster of 9 cairns along this hilltop (see also CL010-064027-, CL010-064028-, CL010-064029-, CL010-064030-, CL010-064031-, CL010-064032-, CL010-064033- and CL010-064-088-). This partly grass-covered subcircular cairn (7m E-W; 5.8m N-S; H 0.7-1.4m) has spilled out at the N, S and W. However, kerbstones (H 0.2-0.6m) are visible continuously around its edge from SE to SW, and intermittently along the rest of the perimeter. The centre is partly hollowed out, indicating that the cairn has been robbed. Westropp (1913, 247) recorded kerbstones (av. L 1.22; H 0.61-0.91m) all around the cairn, and an opened and partly filled central cist (CL010-064108-). The following image has been uploaded: CL010-064065-_01.jpg Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 19 April 2023

A Neolithic burial cairn, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its location on a prominent hill suggests ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly as a territorial marker or focal point for early farming communities.

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