What is recorded here

Mangerton Mountain watches the cairn, which watches back. Stones from two different earths were stacked over a hidden pit, not a chamber, suggesting someone wanted to mark a hole rather than hide a body. The pasture has since swallowed the edge of the intent, leaving only a small circular scar on the ridge.

In a heavily overgrown area of rough pasture, on the S-facing slopes of a ridge, with views S to Mangerton Mountain. A roughly circular mound (diam. 3m; H 0.5m) of both limestone and sandstone stones of assorted sizes. Another cairn (KE067-119007-) is c. 5m to the S and another (KE067-119008-) is c. 7m to the SW. Partial excavation in 2001 revealed that the stone cairn was deliberately set over a pit (diam. c. 2m) and no finds were recovered (O'Donnell 2003, 160). (O'Donnell 2001) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

A roughly circular cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age, possibly serving as a funerary or ritual monument; its mixed stone construction and location on a prominent slope suggest a ceremonial or commemorative function.

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