What is recorded here

Cairn is a small grass-covered mound on the Carnfree ridge in County Roscommon, marked only on the 1930 OS map and never archaeologically explained. It sits at a crest, slightly taller to the north, with a flat top wide enough for one person to lie across. Testing nearby found no related remains, leaving the mound without a date or purpose. It may be a boundary marker, a forgotten burial, or simply a pile of stones someone heaved up the ridge and walked away from.

Marked only on the 1930 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small feature (diam. c. 5m), and situated at a crest on the N-facing slope of the broad WNW-ESE Carnfree ridge. Grass-covered cairn (dims 4.7m N-S; 2.8m E-W; H 0.2m at S to 0.5m at N) with a flat top (diam. 2.3m N-S; 2.1m E-W). Archaeological testing (05E0854) c. 140m to the W failed to produce any related archaeological material (Read 2008j). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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