What is recorded here

Carn is a cairn, unclassified in Treanmore (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in boggy pasture on a flat-topped ridge, built onto the north-facing slope with medium to large limestone stones. The circular base rises to a bowl-shaped profile, reaching 1.55m high, while an enclosure lies 60m to the south.

In boggy pasture, on the summit of a flat-topped ridge, built onto the N-facing slope. A cairn (13m x 14m; max. H 1.55m) of medium to large limestone stones, circular at the base and rising to form a bowl-shaped profile; the sides are mostly sod-covered and the top has been dug into. An enclosure (SL040-011----) lies c. 60m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its construction and location suggest it was part of a broader ritual landscape associated with early farming communities in the region.

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