What is recorded here

Coskemduff holds a large irregular boulder resting on four stone blocks along a low ridge in County Cavan. The field fence has grown around it, turning an ancient arrangement into a boundary marker for later farms. People may have placed the stones to mark a route, honour a loss or simply make the ridge visible before dawn.

Sited on a low ridge. This consists of an irregularly shaped boulder, 1.7m by 1.4m by 0.85m thick, supported on four blocks of stone. It is incorporated in and partly obscured by a stone field fence. A stone under the N side of the boulder is not set and the status of three others, one to the W and two to the S is unclear. The nature of the site remains to be determined. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, xxii, 'at Caskeanduff') The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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