What is recorded here

Carns is one of nine cairns clustered along the summit of Glasgeivnagh Hill in County Clare, where the land drops sixty-five metres to a cliff. Its kerbed stones and edge-set slab suggest a buried chamber, though time and damage have blurred that purpose. The hilltop still commands wide views, keeping the cairns visible as markers of older life rather than forgotten debris.

Near the summit of the semi-karst Glasgeivnagh Hill commanding wide views, with land falling steeply to a cliff c. 65m to the SE. In rough pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Hachured and labelled ‘Carn’ on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is one of a cluster of 9 cairns along this hilltop (see also CL010-064027-, CL010-064028-, CL010-064029-, CL010-064030-, CL010-064031-, CL010-064033-, CL010-064065- and CL010-064-088-). This subcircular cairn (9m N-S; 7m E-W; H 1-1.6m) has several kerbstones set along its edge. The cairn incorporates a stone slab on edge in its NE sector, which may be part of a cist. Westropp (1913, 247) noted that this cairn was kerbed, and had been damaged. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 18 April 2023

A portal dolmen dating to the Early Bronze Age; it is significant as a rare surviving example of a megalithic tomb in a prominent upland setting, possibly linked to a broader ritual landscape.

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