What is recorded here

One of six stone rings scattered across the upper terrace of Dranagh Mountain, this circular cairn holds a large red and white quartz block on its north side. Granite and smaller quartz stones still mark the ground where people once gathered, tended flames or remembered the dead. The mountain wind moves through the gaps, carrying the quiet weight of that forgotten human purpose.

On the upper terrace of Dranagh Mountain, a circular cairn (diam. c. 6m; H c. 0.6m) predominantly composed of granite with some quartz present. There is a large block (1m x 0.75m; H 0.45m) of red and white quartz on the N side and smaller quartz stones scattered around the N and W side. Recorded by Ó Murchú (2011, 65) as part of a Master's thesis (Survey number: C02). One of six cairns (see also CW026-053----, CW026-055----, CW026-056----, CW026-057---- and CW026-058----) which form a cairnfield. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 29 October 2013

A Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE), representing a form of early funerary or ritual monument in the Irish landscape. Its construction using granite and quartz reflects local material use and the symbolic importance of such stones in prehistoric funerary practices.

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