What is recorded here

Piles of Stones is a cairn, boundary cairn in Moodoge, County Sligo, Ireland. It is one of eight boundary cairns marking the divide between counties Sligo and Leitrim through inhospitable mountainous terrain. The modern-looking pile sits at the east edge of the Truskmore plateau and appears in the SMR and RMP as a possible cairn.

Listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified 'Cairn(s) Possible' in both. Not indicated on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is one of a series of eight cairns (SL006-043----; SL006-044----; SL006-047----; SL006-048----; SL006-049----; SL006-050----; SL006-051----; SL006-063----) which mark the boundary between counties Sligo and Leitrim in inhospitable mountainous terrain. Located at the E edge of the Truskmore plateau. This is a modern-looking pile of stones. Note: This is the same monument as LE003-030----. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 24 July 2012

A Neolithic cairn, part of a group of eight, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its significance lies in its potential as a funerary or ritual monument, typical of early farming communities in the region.

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