What is recorded here

Ard na gCloch Mór, the height of the great stones, still names the quiet slope above the Kilcurry River where Wright saw triangular cists and urns full of bone and charcoal. The cairn has vanished from the ground, yet its stones may still watch from nearby fences, waiting for someone to remember what they held.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated in a prominent position NE of the Kilcurry River, on the lower undulating slopes of the Armagh hills. The location is still known locally as 'Ard na gCloch Mór', 'The height of the great stones' (CLAJ 1910, 294). Wright (1758, 8-9, Pl. 2, Site F) describes a circular feature containing stone cists, 'placed in a triangular form' and containing 'two or three different urns', one of which was filled with bone and charcoal. Sites E and F described by Wright were surrounded by a circle of stones. There are now no visible surface traces of this site, though several large stones in nearby field fences may be the remains of site clearance.

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