What is recorded here

Eleven feet of loose stone circle a central hole where a long slab still lies exposed, marking a place where people repeatedly gathered before the land was measured. The cairn sits near the top of a west-facing slope in County Clare, facing open distance rather than a village or road. A second cairn and a cooking site lie a short walk south, suggesting the hilltop hosted both memory and ordinary life.

Near the top of a W-facing slope with higher ground c. 150m to the NE and with views from SE to N. Identified as ‘Site I’ in Jones and Walsh (1996, 90). A circular, stone cairn (diam. 11m; H c. 1-1.4m) with a hole dug in the centre where a large stone slab is exposed aligned NW-SE (L 1.4m; Wth 0.8-1m; T c. 0.5m). A second stone slab is visible at the side of the hole to the SW (L 0.8m; Wth 0.8m). Another cairn (CL016-057----) identified as ‘Site J’ by Jones and Walsh (1996, 90) and a fulacht fia (CL016-057002-) are located c. 100m to the SSW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 24 May 2022

A Neolithic stone cairn, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE; its location suggests a possible ritual or funerary function within a broader prehistoric landscape.

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