What is recorded here

Cairn (LE011-114----) marks the SW end of the Benbo summit ridge where three townlands meet, a 6m circular base protruding through peat with a 1m conical top built as a boundary. Six hundred seventy metres further down the SW slope stands another cairn, suggesting the ridge once carried a line of markers rather than a single point. People may have walked this crest for centuries, reading ownership in stone instead of paper, while the mountain kept its own quiet ledger of rain and wind.

Located at the peak at the SW end of the summit ridge (L c. 500m NE-SW) of Benbo Mountain at a point where three townlands meet. A circular cairn (diam. 6m; H 0.2m) is protruding through peat with a conical cairn (diam. 2.5m; H 1m) built on top of it as a boundary cairn. Cairn (LE011-114----) is further down the SW-facing slope of the ridge, c. 670m to the SW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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