Carn

In low-lying field of good pasture with extensive karst and scrub to the N. 500m W is cairn (MA121-085001-). Oval-shaped cairn (diam. 45m N-S; H 4m) composed of loose stone, which covered cist (MA121-089001-). Aldridge (1960, unpub. notes) notes that much of the cairn material was removed for walling. 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. 34. Date of upload: 7 January 2015

Neolithic cairn covering a cist, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of the broader Neolithic funerary tradition in Ireland, reflecting early burial practices and monument construction.