What is recorded here

Cairn is a flat-topped stone pile at the bottom of a north-facing slope in County Clare, Ireland. It measures fifteen metres long and eleven point seven metres wide at the base, rises less than a metre high, and holds a small central hollow. Stones are missing from its northwest edge, suggesting people took them for another purpose. The pile may have collected rocks cleared from nearby fields, marking human labour rather than ceremony.

At the bottom of a N-facing slope in rough pastureland. Recorded by T. Coffey (SMR file), this flat-topped grass-covered cairn (basal dims. 15m N-S; 11.7m E-W; dims. at top 11.3m N-S; 8.8m E-W; H 0.6-1m) has a central hollow (dims. 2m E-W; 0.8m N-S; D 0.4m). The W extent is irregular in outline and cairn material (Wth 5m; D 2.5m) has been removed from the NW sector. Possibly a field-clearance cairn. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 3 August 2022

A Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the early to middle third millennium BCE. Its significance lies in its potential as a funerary or ritual monument, typical of the megalithic traditions of southwest Ireland.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.