What is recorded here

Carn is a cairn, unclassified in Treanmore (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It stands on the summit of Sheecor, overlooking Lough Labe to the east. The sod-covered oval structure measures 13m by 11.2m and reaches 1.2m in height. Small to medium limestone stones build its gently sloping sides.

On the summit of Sheecor, with commanding views and overlooking Lough Labe to E. A sod-covered oval flat-topped cairn (13m x 11.2m; max. H 1.2m) of small to medium sized limestone stones; the sides slope gently. There is a trigonometrical station on top of the cairn. This has been listed as a possible passage tomb (Ó Nualláin 1989, 84). 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). Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of revision: 10 August 2010 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

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