What is recorded here

Cairn is a grass-covered burial mound on the Redmountion ridge, watching the Brú na Bóinne tombs across the Boyne River. Four hawthorn trees still grow through its broken surface, marking a place where people may have laid the dead beneath soil and stone. The centre has been dug out, perhaps by curiosity or hunger, yet the mound remains wide enough to hold old shadow and new life.

Situated on the summit of the NE-SW Redmountion ridge on the S bank of the Boyne River, with a wide view over the Brú na Bóinne passage tombs. It was first identified and recorded by Paul Duffy. This is a grass-covered cairn (diam. c. 20m; H 0.4m at S to 1.8m at N) supporting four hawthorn trees, but the centre has been dug out. It may have had a trig. station (402 feet) which is no longer evident. A possible fragment of a saddle quern was recovered from the monument. (Duffy 2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 October 2017

A Neolithic burial cairn, likely dating to the same period as the nearby Brú na Bóinne passage tombs (c. 3200–2500 BCE). Its location and proximity to major Neolithic monuments suggest it may be part of a wider ceremonial landscape.

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