What is recorded here

Cairn is a low, widely spread mound of stones about 15m across on the south slope of Asdevlin Hill in County Donegal. A field boundary and two pits have cut through it, yet a large recumbent stone and possible kerb remain on its north-west edge. In 1942, white quartz, burnt bone and a plano-convex flint knife appeared there, hinting that the mound once marked death, ceremony or ownership rather than merely holding stones.

A low, widely-spread mound of stones c. 15m in diameter. It is much disturbed by the erection of a field boundary across it and by the digging of two pits in it. There are possible indications of a kerb on the NW side and one stone 1.5m × 0.75m now recumbent may have been formerly upright. It is situated on a fairly level ridge on the S slope of Asdevlin Hill. In 1942, pieces of white quartz, burnt bone and a plano-convex flint knife were found at the cairn (M.R. Colhoun). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

A Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the early to middle first millennium BCE. Its disturbed condition limits assessment of significance, though cairns in this region often served as ritual or burial monuments.

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