What is recorded here

Cairn is a cairn, unclassified in Ballysadare, County Sligo, Ireland. O'Rorke wrote in 1878 that the neighbours called the spot Clughaun an Erin because a stone or cairn formerly existed there. The feature sits between Ballysadare and Ballydrehid at the meeting place of the Leyney and Tirerrill baronies.

According to O'Rorke (1878, 364), 'between Ballysadare and Ballydrehid, just at the mearing of the two baronies - Leyney and Tirerrill- there is a spot that the neighbours call Clughaun an Erin, from some stone or cairn, no doubt, that formerly existed there'. Not precisely located. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

A megalithic cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age; its significance lies in its possible association with territorial boundaries or ritual practices in the prehistoric landscape.

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