What is recorded here

Cairn is a cairn, unclassified in Moneygold, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupied a slight north-facing slope in gently undulating pasture, measuring roughly eight metres across and one metre high when recorded in 1991. No stones remain visible at ground level today, but aerial photography reveals a circular outline matching those earlier dimensions.

Situated on a slight N-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6'' map. Recorded in 1991 as roughly circular cairn (base diam. c.8m; H 1m) of rubble stone (SMR (1989) file). There are no remains now visible at ground level. However the outline of a small circular enclosure of similiar dimensions to the cairn recorded in 1991 is visible from aerial photographic coverage (Ortho_ITM). This may mark the outline of the denuded cairn. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 30 April 2013

A roughly circular cairn of the Bronze Age; its lack of formal classification and absence from historical maps suggest it may represent a local or regional variant. Its survival in an agricultural landscape highlights the presence of prehistoric funerary practices in the area.

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