What is recorded here

Carn is a cairn, unclassified in Kye, County Roscommon, Ireland. It is an oval grass-covered mound 36 metres north-south and 28.5 metres east-west with a level upper surface 23 metres north-south and 14.5 metres east-wide. The cairn stands about 25 metres southeast of Pollacat Well on the flat low-lying land of a reclaimed lake. A second cairn lies immediately to the southeast, and an earthwork is about 90 metres to the northeast.

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the flat, low-lying landscape of a reclaimed lake, c. 25m SE of Pollacat Well. Oval grass-covered cairn (dims 36m N-S; 28.5m E-W; H 1.6-1.75m) with a level upper surface (dims 23m N-S; 14.5m E-W). Immediately to the SE is a second cairn (RO017-123002-), and earthwork (RO017-124----) is c. 90m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Neolithic cairn; likely dates to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). Its size and location suggest it may be a communal burial monument, reflecting early agricultural settlement patterns in the region.

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