What is recorded here

Carn is a circular, round-topped stone cairn at Barnageeragh, County Dublin, where the ridge lifts above the beach and the view reaches north to the Mourne Mountains. It stands about fifteen metres across and two metres high, not far from another cairn, and it has survived scrub, curiosity and the disturbance of George Hamilton in the mid-19th century. The stones may have marked a border, a burial, a meeting place or a warning to sailors; the sea and sky still give the answer, while the cairn keeps its own counsel.

Situated to the north-west end of a low ridge above the beach at Barnageeragh. Extensive views of eastern coast of Ireland north to the Mourne Mountains. This is a circular round-topped cairn (diam. 15m; H 2m) c. 200m NNW of the site of another cairn (DU005-017001-) (Hartnett 1957, 266). Cairn site overgrown with scrub-has been treated and scrub cut back in recent past. Cairn site disturbed by local landowner George Hamilton in the mid-19th century (Hamilton, 1846). As part of pre-development investigations geophysical survey (magnetometry and resitivity) took place at this relatively intact cairn. It was recorded as being oval in plan and divided into several irregular-shaped features. Anomalies close to the cairn were interpreted as pits (PZP 2004, 10). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 7 November 2014

A circular round-topped cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age. Its location suggests a possible funerary or ceremonial function with strategic coastal visibility.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.