Carn

At the N edge of a high plateau overlooking the Glenaniff valley to the N and buried in c. 1m of peat. A single flat slab (dims 1.7m x 1m; T 0.4m) rests on a buried stone pile within a subrectangular cairn (dims 20.5m NNE-SSW; 8m WNW-ESE; H c. 1m). No kerbstones can be distinguished. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its position on a high plateau suggests ritual or ceremonial significance, common for such monuments in landscape contexts.