What is recorded here

Carn is a wedge tomb on a Dublin ridge, its stones narrowing to a heel above Bride's Glen. People built it large enough to carry the dead and visible enough to mark the sky. A broken polished axe found nearby suggests it remained a place of memory long after the first burial.

Located on a ridge overlooking the Bride's Glen to the S. A roughly oval-shaped cairn (L 14m; Wth 12m; H 1.2m) orientated E-W. The kerbstones are visible along the N and S sides. The cairn narrows towards the E and curves inwards to create a heel-shaped appearance. There are indications of a straight façade at the W end (Fanning 1974, 151-3). Excavations close by in 2000 produced a finely polished, broken stone axe with pecking on its sides, possibly of dolerite, (Seaver & Keeley 2002, 12-14 ). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its location on a prominent ridge and orientation suggest ritual or ceremonial significance, typical of Neolithic funerary monuments in the region.

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