Carn

(In the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery). On the summit of Kesh Corann with a magnificent outlook in all directions. Within and close to the N edge of a hilltop enclosure (SL040-009---). This is a circular cairn (diam. 26m; H c. 4-5m) at the top of which there is a small pile of stones, apparently a 19th-century OS trigonometrical station. A hole (4m x 3m; D 0.5m) has been dug into the E slope of the cairn and there is a larger hole extending from the summit downslope to the ENE. The cairn stands on what appears to be a prepared platform (diam. c. 35m), the perimeter of which is almost 5m beyond the base of the cairn. The platform is now substantially grass-grown and in places, especially at the N, peat-grown. It is c. 0.8m high around the greater part of the perimeter but reaches 2m high at the N over falling ground. Kerbstones are intermittently visible along or just inside the platform perimeter, in particular on the southern side. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 84) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is part of the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann cemetery, significant for its location on a prominent hilltop and its association with early megalithic funerary practices in the northwest of Ireland.