What is recorded here

Cairn stands on the southern edge of the Turloughmore plateau in County Clare, where grass has swallowed most of its stones but three kerbs still mark a western curve. A modern boundary wall now cuts across its eastern side, dividing townlands and baronies while the ancient shape fades beneath the turf. The summit offers wide views toward the east, suggesting the site may have served as a landmark for travellers crossing the karst landscape.

At the S end of the karst plateau at the summit of Turloughmore Mountain which slopes slightly to the N. Wide views all around, especially from N to E. This poorly preserved, grass-covered subcircular cairn (8.2m E-W; 7.9m N-S; H 0.4-0.6m) has a flat top which is slightly higher at SW. Some stones in the cairn are visible, including three non-contiguous possible kerbstones (L 0.3-0.85m; Wth 0.5-0.3m; H 0.2-0.5m) forming a curved line along the edge of the cairn at W-NNW. A modern drystone wall (marking the townland boundary between Glencolumbkille North and Killeenmacoog South townlands as well as the barony boundary between Burren Barony and Inchiquin Barony) runs N-S over the E part of the cairn. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 June 2023

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