What is recorded here

Situated just off the summit of Black Rock Mountain. Th is is an oblong cairn (dims 18.5m NE-SW; 7.3m NW-SE; H 1.6-2m) composed of large granite boulders (dims c. 1.5m x 0.5m x 0.5m). It may have been erected to mark a boundary between townlands. The cairns (WX009-011001-, WX009-011002-) are c. 30m to the SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 5 April, 2012

Neolithic cairn; dates to the earlier part of the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE. It represents a form of early megalithic monument used for ritual or commemorative purposes in the prehistoric landscape.

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