What is recorded here

Shaunroe was a square cairn twelve metres across on a steep Monaghan slope, visible only in gothic lettering on a 1907 map before disappearing beneath vegetation and human forgetting. It stood beside an older megalithic tomb, suggesting the land has long marked death, memory or boundary with stone. Its removal by 1995 did not erase the shape of the place, but it did deny later people the chance to touch the exact surface where that marking happened.

Located in a low-lying landscape on a fairly steep SW-facing slope. A small feature is represented only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Shaunroe’. This was described in 1968 as a low square cairn (dims 12m x c. 12m) with no structural stones visible that was completely overgrown. The cairn had been removed by 1995 (OSAP). The megalithic tomb (MO013-021----) is c. 150m to the NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 23 February 2018

A Neolithic passage tomb; significant as part of the broader Megalithic tradition in the Monaghan area.

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