What is recorded here
Located on a ridge top known as 'Cairnhill' around which a housing estate has been built. A mound oval in plan of earthen construction with a flat-top. The mound is (L 13m; Wth 8m; H 2m) orientated NE-SW (Healy 1975, 1-19). Planted with mature beech and oak trees.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 25 June 2018
Neolithic long barrow; dates to the early farming period in Ireland. Its location on a prominent ridge suggests ceremonial or communal significance.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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