Carn

Situated on the N-facing slope of Saggart hill at a point known as Knockaniller. This is a chambered cairn, circular in form (diam. 13m; H c. 2m) defined by granite kerbstones (diam. 13m; H c. 2m). There is a quantity of quartz in the cairn collapse. An undifferentiated chamber extends NE-SW, narrowing at the N end (L 4m; Wth 1.7m). There are no roofing or sillstones visible. The covering mound has been truncated by a field boundary along the SW. There is furze cover over the S section of site (Kilbride-Jones, 1950, 314; Herity 1974, 256, Mount 1988, 16-17). This site lies to the NE of a passage tombs and a ring-barrow at Knockaniller (DU024-005002-, DU024-005003-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 6 July 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 153/1940).

Chambered cairn, dating to the Neolithic period. It represents a significant megalithic funerary monument, reflecting early communal burial practices and stone construction techniques in the region.