What is recorded here

Cairn sits on a south-facing slope above the white karst of the Burren, wearing a green skin that disguises its shape until shadow reveals the oval mound and small stone pile. The depression marked by four uprights suggests people once measured or remembered something there, perhaps a boundary, a burial or a place for watching weather move across the flats. Distance and daylight make the meaning hesitate, but the stones remain arranged rather than scattered.

On a S-facing slope, overlooking the karst landscape of the Burren NE-W and overlooked by higher ground W-NE. It consists of an oval, sod-covered mound (16m NE-SW; 9m NW-SE), appearing naturally formed for the most part, which has been utilised to site a small cairn. The mound is defined by a scarp (max. H 1.3m; Wth 3.7m) where steepest at ENE. The top of the mound (10m NE-SW; 4m NW-SE) is higher to NE where a low profile cairn (3.5m NE-SW; 2.75m NW-SE; max. H 0.35m) is sited comprising small- to medium-sized angular flagstones. A gentle, circular depression (diam. 3m) occupies the SW half of the mound. This is defined by two obvious upright stones (max. H 0.18m) situated at N and SW and another two less obvious stones at SE and WNW. Another cairn (CL035-153----) is located c. 92m to WSW. This may be one of the three 'mounds' listed in the RMP (1996) under the number CL006-085----. The following images have been uploaded: CL006-152----_01.jpg From SW. General view of mound. CL006-152----_02.jpg From NE. General view of mound. CL006-152----_03.jpg From NW. General view of cairn. CL006-152----_04.jpg From SW. General view of depression defined by 4 uprights. CL006-152----_05.jpg From NW. Profile view of mound (1m rod at NE and SW ends on top). CL006-152----_06.jpg From NW. Landscape view of monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 January 2019

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