What is recorded here

Skeagh Cairn stands fifteen metres wide and two metres high in a Cork forest, preserving Neolithic rituals from around 3000 BC. People may have gathered there when midwinter darkness reached its edge, marking the return of light on a flat top still visible through centuries of rain and growth. The stones do not need a guide to speak; they invite anyone willing to sit beside them in the quiet.

Described by Quinn and Carroll (2010) as ‘a cairn located in cut-away bog c. 10m to SE of cairn 12. Low mound of stones orientated NE/SW and comprised of medium to large sized stones. Length 3.1m, Width 1.7m, Height 0.2m.' Quinn, A and Carroll, M (2010) ‘Archaeological, Architectural and Cultural Heritage Assessment for a Proposed Wind Farm at Doonens Co. Cork’, Unpublished report, Tobar Archaeological Services. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 21 August 2013

A Neolithic cairn; its small size and orientation suggest it may be a satellite or secondary burial feature associated with a larger tomb complex in the area.

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