What is recorded here

Piles of Stones is a cairn (boundary cairn) in Kilnafrehanmountain, Monarudmountain, County Waterford, Ireland. These stones were placed as markers for townland boundaries. A stone pile is marked on a map of Lord Cremore's estates dated 1778-80, and piles of stones are marked on the 1927 OS 6-inch map. The SMR record from 1988 formerly classed the site as a cairn.

This record was formerly classed as 'Cairn (s)' in the SMR (1988). A 'Stone pile' is marked on a map of Lord Cremore's estates (NLI: 3201, 5) dated 1778-80, and 'Piles of Stones' are marked on the 1927 OS 6-inch map, These were placed as markers for townland boundaries. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 October 2011

A Neolithic stone cairn or cist burial; likely dates to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its long recorded history indicates possible ritual or territorial significance in the prehistoric landscape.

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