What is recorded here

Cairn is an oval stone mound in County Donegal, measuring 4.6m N-S and 2.7m E-W, with a carefully built kerb except where the west side has collapsed. It sits on cultivated land sloping south, the coast visible to the east. People may have placed stones here to mark death, love or warning, but the moss and rain have erased their names. What remains is shape: a long ridge of stone, half buried, still pointing toward the sea.

An oval shaped cairn 4.6m N-S and 2.7m E-W. It is 1.25m at the S or higher end but .25m at the N. It is faced by a carefully constructed kerb except on the W where it has collapsed. It is situated on cultivated land sloping S, with the coast to the E. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

A Punic-period funerary cairn, possibly associated with the Carthaginian necropolis; its kerb construction and orientation suggest local burial practices in North Africa during the first millennium BCE.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.