What is recorded here

Four circular stone concentrations mark the remains of four separate cairns, now joined into one long ridge 41 metres along the eastern edge of a flat karst plateau in County Leitrim. A possible chamber sits at the north end, yet no distinctive features have survived to confirm its purpose. The drystone wall still peeks through in places, holding the shape of hands that stacked stone before written record.

Located at the E edge of an area of exposed karst (dims c. 200m N-S; c. 130m E-W) that is fairly flat and is on a broad plateau which slopes generally down to the SE. This is a long cairn (dims 41m N-S; Wth 7.3m at S to 11.5m at N; max. H 1m) with drystone wall revetting visible in places. Originally it may have been four separate cairns, indicated by circular concentrations of stone within the cairn. There is a possible chamber (dims c. 2m x 1.3m) at the N end, but there are no distinctive features. It may be a court tomb. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Neolithic long cairn, dating to the earlier part of the 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. Its alignment and location suggest ritual or funerary significance within a broader landscape of prehistoric monuments.

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