What is recorded here

Cairn is a low, irregular heap of stones in Mayo pasture, possibly the remains of a burial place. It sits on a slight rise beside the Deel River, with Nephin Mountain visible to the south-west and other ringbarrows scattered within a few hundred metres. A farm track may have cut through its northern edge, and the ground below holds a natural water-filled hollow. The stones are small and worn, but they still mark a place where people once lived, loved and died beneath the same sky.

In pasture, located on a slight rise, in an area of rolling limestone grassland bordered 200m to NW by the Deel River. The ground falls away to S into a natural water-filled hollow. Nephin Mountain is prominently visible to SSW and the Nephin Beg Range extends along the skyline to W. This cairn is not indicated on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It is evident as a low, irregular-shaped concentration (max. diam. c. 6m; H 0.35m) of stones. The perimeter at S–SW is defied by a low, curving stony scarp (H 0.35m). A farm track, immediately to N, may have truncated the original N extent of the cairn. The remains are poorly preserved and difficult to interpret; it may be the remnants of a burial cairn or barrow. There is ringbarrow (MA038-053001-) c. 60 to N, and another ringbarrow (MA038-053002-) c. 50m to E. A cluster of other ringbarrows and possible barrows (MA038-050----; MA038-051----; MA038-052----; MA038-146----) are located in adjacent fields within a range of c. 100-300m to W, NW and NE. There is a possible ringcairn (MA038-054----) c. 250m to SSW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 July 2019

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