What is recorded here

Eochy's Cairn stands sixty-four metres above Lough Mask, a vast Neolithic mound perhaps fifteen metres high and over forty-six metres wide. Tradition claims it buries Eochaid mac Eirc after the Battle of Moytura, yet no excavation has tested that story. Standing stones flank the hill, and the unchecked size of the cairn suggests it may be the largest in Connacht.

This cairn was recorded by Aldridge (1969, 83-7) as ‘a larger square stone cairn’ located to W of a children’s burial ground (MA015-055002-) in Cashel townland. Its exact location within the townland is unknown. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 December 2018

A square stone cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age; its significance is primarily archaeological, representing a form of early funerary or ritual monument. Exact typology and wider significance remain unconfirmed due to limited recorded details.

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