What is recorded here

Cairn is a rough stone circle on the lower slopes of Tooreennamna Mountain, where large rocks still protrude through peat and one long stone lies across the centre. It sits in hill pasture beside cutaway bog, with faint kerbing along its north-west edge and quartz buried at the south. People may have gathered there to mark loss, celebrate season or simply watch the sky clear above the pasture.

In rough hill pasture, with some cutaway bog, on a rise to the E of outcropping rock, on the lower slopes of Tooreennamna Mountain. A roughly circular cairn (6.3m N-S; 5.9m E-W; H 0.7m) that consists of mainly large stones. There are traces of kerbing, especially along the NW arc. Many stones protrude above the peaty soil. Some quartz stones were noted at the S. One large stone (L 1.55m) lies E-W on the centre of the cairn. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

A roughly circular cairn, likely of Bronze Age date, possibly serving as a funerary or ritual monument; its location on a prominent slope suggests a strategic or ceremonial function.

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