What is recorded here

Cairn, a Neolithic ring barrow in County Cork, has stood since 3000 BC, its 19-metre diameter and 2-metre height marking it as a deliberate anchor in the ancient landscape. Tradition holds that people gathered there for midwinter festivals, using the stones to measure darkness and remember the dead. The forest still presses close around it, keeping the shape intact while withholding the names of everyone who ever walked to it.

On top of a Mount Corrin, commanding view. Sub-circular cairn (H 0.7m; 13.6m E-W; 15m N-S); modern cairn built in centre (H 2.7m; circ. 10.9m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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