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In pasture, on top of a ridge with excellent views in all directions. A roughly circular cairn (18m N-S; 20.6m E-W; max. H 1.40m) of grass-covered limestone stones. The cairn has been extensively disturbed at the centre and in the NW quadrant giving it an irregular appearance. Traces of a 'probable fosse' were noted along the N edge during a previous inspection (pers. comm. M. Keane and J. Farrelly). A large split slab (3.2m x 1.65m; T 0.65m) of weathered limestone lies flat near the NE edge. This stone is known locally as the 'Split Dolmen' or the 'Giant's Grave'. A second smaller slab (0.75m x 0.8m; T 0.2m) protrudes at an angle of c. 45 degrees from the cairn material to E of centre.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
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