What is recorded here
Pile of Stones is a cairn, boundary cairn in Clogh, County Sligo, Ireland. It is one of eight cairns marking the boundary between counties Sligo and Leitrim in mountainous terrain. The modern-looking pile sits at the east edge of the Truskmore plateau.
Listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified 'Cairn Possible' in both. Not indicated on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is one of a series of eight cairns (SL006-043----; SL006-044----; SL006-047----; SL006-048----; SL006-049----; SL006-050----; SL006-051----; SL006-063----) which mark the boundary between counties Sligo and Leitrim in mountainous terrain. Located at the E edge of the Truskmore plateau. This is a modern-looking pile of stones.
Note: This is the same monument as LE003-024----.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 24 July 2012
A Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. Its classification as part of a series suggests it may be associated with a broader funerary or ritual landscape.
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