What is recorded here

Lean Mountain holds two cairns joined into one: a wide shallow ring of stone and a taller narrow cone set upon it. The second shape may be a later answer to the first, or both may have been built as one uncommon form. Donegal Bay appears beyond the plateau when the wind clears, giving the stones a horizon they never needed but still command.

Located at the summit of the NNW-SSE ridge (L c. 200m) of Leean Mountain. This is a circular cairn (diam. 11m; H 0.8-1.6m) with a trigonometric station on top of it. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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