What is recorded here

Knockanes Hill and the unnamed SE ridge clamp the col where the cairn sits, forcing every NE traveller to see its oval shadow before reaching the gap. Fist-sized stones still hold an even surface and a thin E-W ridge at the top, while a later drystone wall climbs across the west side as if someone had extended the heap into a boundary. The karst ground gives no soil for forgetting; it only drops what it is not told to keep.

On karst ground at the NE end of a col between Knockanes Hill to the NW and another ridge to the SE, offering wide views from NNE to E and visible from the NE approach to the col. This oval-shaped cairn (11.2m E-W; 8.6m N-S; H 1.7-3m) is composed largely of fist-sized stones and has an even surface. The cairn material forms an E-W ridge (L 2.1m) at the top of the cairn. A later drystone wall overlies the W side of the cairn, and continues to the NW. The following image has been uploaded: CL010-221----_01.jpg View of cairn from the N Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 27 June 2023

A Neolithic cairn; its location suggests it may have had ritual or funerary significance within a landscape of strategic and visual importance.

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