What is recorded here

Cairn is a cairn, unclassified in Castledargan, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands on the top of Slieve Daeane as a flat-topped structure of rough limestone, measuring 13m north-south, 16m east-west and rising 2.1m high. The north edge has a stepped profile, heather and scrub cover the base, and a trigonometrical station occupies the top.

On the top of Slieve Daeane. A flat-topped cairn (13m N-S; 16m E-W; H 2.1m) of rough limestone with a stepped profile on its N edge. The base of the cairn is covered in heather and scrub and there is a trigonometrical station on its top. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

A Neolithic flat-topped cairn, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, representing a common funerary or ritual monument type in upland landscapes. Its location on Slieve Daeane suggests a strategic or symbolic significance within the prehistoric landscape.

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