What is recorded here

Half a meter high and four meters across, the mossy circle sits in shallow bog above Glengarriff Harbour, watching Whiddy Island through gorse and rush. Its kerb of contiguous slabs still marks the NE-S edge, though nearby sheep may have stripped some stones for a shelter fifteen meters east. The cairn has lost height but kept its shape, holding a forgotten boundary between pasture, tide and time.

In rough rush and gorse-covered pasture, on a S-facing hillslope overlooking Glengarriff Harbour and Whiddy Island. The partially moss-covered remains of a circular cairn (diam. 4m; H 0.6m), consisting of a variety of stones, are defined by a kerb of contiguous slabs NE-S that protrude from shallow bog. Some of the stones may have been used to build an animal shelter situated c. 15m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

A Neolithic cairn; its location offers a strategic view of Glengarriff Harbour, suggesting possible ritual or territorial significance in the prehistoric landscape.

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