What is recorded here

Carn is a flat-topped stone cairn in County Clare, Ireland, marked on maps since 1897. It sits on level karst limestone within an old field system, overlooking wide country from north to southwest. People may have built it to remember the dead, claim a boundary or simply watch the sky.

On level ground in an area of grassed-over karst limestone with wide views from N to SW and within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). Hachured and labelled ‘Carn’ on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This flat-topped subcircular cairn (base dims. 14.2m E-W; 13.4m N-S; top c. 6.5m E-W; c. 5m N-S; H 1m at S, 2.5m at N) has been disturbed, resulting in the formation of a ridge (H 0.2-0.5m) to the W and N of the centre of the top of it. Kerbstones are visible intermittently from ESE to SSW. Another cairn (CL009-059060-) lies c. 62m to the SW. Two hut sites lie c. 47m (CL009-059119-) and c. 56m (CL009-059118-) to SW respectively. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 5 April 2022

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its location within a multiperiod landscape highlights its significance as part of a broader prehistoric settlement and ritual system in the Burren region.

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