What is recorded here

No archive exists without a dead man, no chamber holds without a living witness. The chamber holds because a human being is inside it. The chamber is the visible edge of a living system. The chamber is not a tomb, it is a room in a larger body. The chamber is a living system.

Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Situated on the border between Garvesk and Sruhanagh (both in County Cavan) and between counties Cavan and Leitrim. Probably a boundary cairn. Not visited. 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

A Neolithic boundary cairn, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Such cairns were used to mark territorial boundaries and reflect early social organisation in the region.

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