What is recorded here
On top of a drumlin and within a mixed woodland called Mullinashee Wood which had been recently cut in 1996. Circular, round-topped cairn (diam. 25m; H 3.2m) within the ceremonial enclosure (RO017-089001-). It is listed as a possible passage tomb (Ó Nualláin 1968, 26) although there is no evidence of a kerb or passage. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 141)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
Neolithic circular cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. Its location on a drumlin and inclusion within a ceremonial enclosure suggest it was part of a broader ritual landscape associated with early farming communities in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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