What is recorded here
Pile of Stones is a cairn, boundary cairn in Cabragh (leyny By.),gortakeeran, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the third most northerly of ten cairns marking the townland boundary between Cabragh and Gortakeeran on the upper bog-covered slopes of the Ox Mountains. The site is classified as a possible cairn, probably dates from after 1700 AD, and no longer has visible remains.
Listed in the SMR (1989) and the RMP (1995) and classified as 'Cairn Possible'. On the upper bog-covered slopes of the Ox Mountains. This is the third most northerly of 10 cairns (see also: SL019-171001-; SL019-171002-; SL025-147----; SL025-147001-; SL025-147002-; SL025-147003-; SL025-147004-; SL025-147005-; SL025-147006-) that mark a long linear length of the townland boundary between Cabragh and Gortakeeran. None of the ten are marked of the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. There are no remains of this cairn, in all probability post-1700 AD in date, now visible.
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC
Date of upload: 13 December 2011
A Bronze Age cairn; part of a cluster of cairns in the Ox Mountains, reflecting early funerary or ritual practices in the region.
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