What is recorded here

Cairn stands on a rocky ridge in County Cork, facing Fastnet Rock and Dunmanus Bay. People have added stones there for generations, treating the ancient marker as a living boundary between land and sea.

In rough pasture, on the crest of an E-W rocky ridge with extensive views S to the Fastnet Rock and N to Dunmanus Bay. A roughly circular cairn (1.45m N-S; 1.3m E-W; H 0.6m), cone-shaped in elevation, is built on bedrock and contains of a mixture of medium-sized stones. Some of the cairn has been rebuilt or added to in more recent times. According to local information, this cairn has been in existence as long as older people can remember. This information, together with its location and the rounded weather-beaten nature of many of the stones, suggests that this is an ancient cairn. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

A roughly circular cairn, likely of Bronze Age date, possibly serving as a burial or ritual monument; its position on a prominent ridge suggests it may have had ceremonial or commemorative significance.

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