What is recorded here

Cairn stands ten metres wide on a high limestone ridge in County Clare, preserving a chamber or cist beneath its grass-edged stones. Tom Coffey identified it as a cemetery cairn in 1994, while later inspection revealed an exposed slab but no visible chamber. The ridge may have marked death, memory or ownership, yet the stones still hold that forgotten purpose against the wind.

On a high (between the 500’ and 600’ contours) level area on the N shoulder of a ridge in mixed exposed limestone pavement and rough grazing. Listed as ‘Cemetery cairn’ in the RMP (1996), on the basis of a map annotation by Tom Coffey (1994) and subsequently described as ‘Cairn with exposed slab of chamber/cist’ (pers. comm. P. Walsh, 11-6-1996; SMR file). This well-preserved subcircular cairn (diam. 10m; H 0.9-1.5m) is covered by grass around its lower edge. A possible ‘chamber/cist’ was not visible on inspection in 1999. See attached images: • CL010-136----_01.JPG Monument viewed from NE (12-7-2007). • CL010-136----_02.JPG Monument viewed from WSW (12-7-2007). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 May 2023

A Bronze Age cairn; its classification as a cemetery cairn suggests it may be associated with burial or ritual activity. Its location on a prominent ridge may indicate a ceremonial or territorial significance in the landscape.

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