Carn

In undulating pastureland. This cairn is a National Monument (no. 251) in state care. Oval-shaped mound of stone (H 10m; diam. 51m at base), delimited by four flat kerbstones E to SW, enclosed by a heavily overgrown earthen bank (H 0.9m). Decorated stone ball recovered from the site in the late 1800s (NMI). Material from the cairn was probably used to construct the Ordnance Survey trigonometrical station on its summit. Wilde (1872, 222) mentions a large inaccessible cave beneath the stones. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 26. Date of upload: 7 January 2015

Neolithic passage tomb; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–3000 BCE). It is significant as part of a broader network of megalithic tombs in the region, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.