What is recorded here

Carns is one of nine cairns strung along Glasgeivnagh Hill in County Clare, where a later animal pen still leans against its southwest stones. The cluster watches a sixty-metre cliff through rough pasture, giving the stones an old guard-like purpose even though no single event is recorded for them. A flat slab near the centre and shadowed cavities suggest that people may have placed something precious inside, while sheep and men shared the same ridge for generations.

Near the top of the semi-karst Glasgeivnagh Hill commanding panoramic views, with land falling steeply to a cliff c. 60m 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-, CL010-064030-, CL010-064031-, CL010-064032-, CL010-064033-, CL010-064065- and CL010-064-088-). This subcircular cairn (11.5m E-W; 9m N-S) is lowest (H 0.4-0.5m) at the N and highest (H 1m) at the E. A dislodged flat limestone slab near the centre is suggestive of a cist, while cavities to the NNE and SSW of the centre may possibly indicate other cists. A later animal pen is built against the SW side of the cairn. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 18 April 2023

Portal dolmen; likely constructed during the Neolithic period. Its location on a prominent hill suggests it had ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly serving as a landmark or focal point for early farming communities in the region.

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