What is recorded here

Carn is a low, overgrown cairn on a Cavan hilltop, first noted by Richardson in the early 18th century. What remains is a shallow circle of small stones, perhaps eight feet across and less than three feet high, cut through by a modern field boundary. The original oval may have stretched thirty-seven metres, large enough for gatherings, ceremonies or simply for people to mark a place they loved.

First noted by Richardson in the early 18th century (Paterson, Gaffikin and Davies 1938, 147). Marked on all OS eds. Situated on the summit of a low hill. It would appear from its depiction on the OS to have been originally oval in plan (dims. c. 37m NE-SW; c. 22m NW-SE). The site is thickly overgrown with vegetation. Nonetheless a much-denuded apparently circular cairn of small stones (diam. 14m; H 0.8m) is identifiable. A modern field boundary aligned NNE-SSW divides the site into two roughly equal portions. A second bank of earth and stone runs from WNW-SSW and its outline can also be traced from ENE-SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

Portal dolmen; likely constructed during the Neolithic period. Its location on a hill summit suggests it may have had a ceremonial or communal significance in its original context.

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