What is recorded here

Lacht an Phelim, a low circular boundary cairn on the Cavan-Fermanagh edge, still stands with four rising stone piles, two sharp as broken teeth and two blunt as forgotten shoulders. Phelim O'Dolan may have owned Gleann Gaibhle when the stones first rose, yet no human hand is recorded setting them. The border crossed that line long before people measured it with law, suggesting the stones marked a living edge rather than a political one.

Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Situated on the border between counties Cavan and Fermanagh. Small, low, circular cairn of stones (diam. c. 15m; H 0.6m). Rising from the cairn are four piles of stones, two of which are narrow, steep-sided and tapering to a point (Wth 0.6m; H 1.3m) and apparently constructed from original cairn material. The other two are lower, wider and less well defined. The authors of The Kingdom of Glan (Glangevlin Guild ICA 1983, 42) refer to the site as 'Lacht an Phelim' from Phelim O'Dolan who was an ancient proprietor of Gleann Gaibhle, and stated that 'it was erected some centuries ago'. 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

Neolithic cairn with possible satellite stone settings; dates to the earlier part of the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its location on the Cavan–Fermanagh border suggests it may be part of a wider prehistoric landscape of ritual or funerary monuments in the region.

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