What is recorded here

Nephin Mountain looms south while a grass-covered mound holds three upright stones along its northeast edge, waiting for someone to remember why they were set. The tomb has outlasted two maps and several generations of field clearance, yet it still keeps its shape beneath ordinary pasture. Perhaps the stones marked a dead person, perhaps they marked the edge of a field no one lives beside anymore. Either way, the mound refuses to disappear.

In rough-average pasture, located on a slight rise, overlooked to NE by a low ridge. Nephin Mountain looms to S, and the Nephin Beg range defines the horizon to SW. This possible megalithic tomb is not shown on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It is evident as a grass-covered, sub-rectangular mound (16.4m NNE–SSW; 11.4m NNW–SSE; H 0.4-0.6m). The sides of the mound are highest and well defined at NW, N and NE, but the S side has a low, poorly defined slump. A row of three close-set, upright stones of roughly similar dimensions (L 0.8-1.1 NNE–SSW; Wth 0.3-0.55; H 0.3-0.6m) protrudes from the NE side; the row mirrors the long axis of the mound. A single upright stone protrudes from the centre of the mound, 2.25m to SW of the row. Heaps of loose stones and boulders, which are piled against the mound at various points along the E, NW and N sides, appear to be the result of relatively recent field clearance activites. A small portion (4m NE–SW; 2m NW–SE) of the SSE edge of the mound has been dug away. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 August 2019

A possible megalithic tomb, likely Neolithic in origin; its significance lies in its potential contribution to understanding early prehistoric settlement and funerary practices in the region.

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