Carn Melvin

Located c. 50m from the S shore of Lough Melvin and c. 50m W of the SE-NW Lattone or County River close to where it debouches into Lough Melvin. The river forms the boundary with Co. Fermanagh. It is described as 'Carn Melvin' in gothic lettering on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, although the feature is not marked. It was described in the 1830s as 'a heap of stones' (OS Name Book No. 84, 580). No feature is visible at ground level and its precise location is not known. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 7 January 2016

A Neolithic passage tomb, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its location near a significant natural boundary and waterway suggests it may have had ritual or territorial importance in the Neolithic landscape.