What is recorded here

Cairn stands at the south end of a low ridge in County Leitrim, where a nine-metre stone mound hid a cremation bowl until 1934. Children from Drumeen School later recorded the discovery, preserving the moment when ordinary labour uncovered an ancient death. The stones may have marked a familiar path or a forgotten name, yet they still hold the heat of that lost life against the cold Irish sky.

Located towards the S end of a low N-S ridge. A stone-lined cist (LE033-049002-) containing a bowl food vessel with a cremation was discovered in 1934 during the removal of a cairn (diam. c. 9m) (NMI file). There is a detailed account of the discovery in the Schools Manuscripts from Drumeen School (IFC: Schools Collection, vol. 0220, 183-4). (Waddell 1970, 122; 1990, 105-6; Ó Ríordáin and Waddell 1993, 118) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Amended: 9 December 2019

A Neolithic cairn, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, significant for its stone-lined cist and cremation burial with a bowl food vessel, reflecting early funerary practices in the region.

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