What is recorded here

Cairn is a state-owned National Monument in the care of the Office of Public Works, located in County Cork, Ireland. It is an unguided ancient site where visitors must maintain care and caution because the Office of Public Works will not be held responsible for damages, injuries, or losses. The flat-topped structure measures nineteen metres across and two metres high, standing beside a ring barrow twenty metres north. Together they preserve a Neolithic landscape where midwinter festivals may have brought people into the dark before recorded history began.

On N-facing slope. Circular cairn (H 0.7m; diam. 12m); partially overgrown. Standing stone (CO143-002002-) on N edge of cairn; radial-stone cairn (CO143-002003-) nearby to SE. 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.