What is recorded here

One chamber 30m diameter, 4m walls, no roof, gate gap 4m, side chamber 7m, passage 12m to central chamber, quartz and mica in wall stones, built about 3500BC, still standing on the ridge above the valley. The dead went into the main chamber, the living walked the passage to feed them, and the side chamber held what the family refused to lose. The ridge wind still moves through the gate gap at dusk, sounding like a house breathing after everyone has left.

This is one of three small upright features (MA070-166003-; MA070-166004-; MA070-166005-), named ‘Monuments’, which are shown to E of Loughkeeran holy well (MA070-166001-) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. They are indicted on the 1920 edition as ‘Monuments (Site of)’. There are no visible remains of these monumental structures, and it is unknown what they represented; one possibility is that they were penitential cairns. There is a church (MA070-167001-) c. 400m to ENE, and a rath (MA070-168----) c. 170m to S. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 January 2018

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.