What is recorded here
Cairn is a cairn, clearance cairn in Grallagh (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The structure measures seven metres by five metres and rises 0.9 metres inside the southeastern bank of a rath. Gannon misinterpreted the feature as a hut-site in 1972.
There is a clearance cairn (dims 7m x 5m; H 0.9m) inside the bank of rath (RO014-052001-) at SE, which has been misinterpreted as a hut-site (Gannon 1972).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Clearance cairn, likely medieval or later in date. Its significance lies in its association with a ringfort, reflecting agricultural activity or landscape modification in the area.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Embanked enclosureFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 14 yd
LisdrumneillArchaeological place · 386 yd
Fairymount HillMountain / peak · 1011 yd
Catholic Church of the Sacred Heartchurch/chapel · 1557 yd
Penitential station in Stonepark (frenchpark By., Fairymount Ed)Penitential station · 1.1 mi
Druminagh WoodForest · 2.1 mi
Frenchpark Ho.Castle, unclassified · 3.1 mi
TowerCastle, tower house · 3.9 mi
Bawn IslandIslet · 4.7 mi
Silver IslandIslet · 5.8 mi