What is recorded here

Pile of Stones is a cairn, boundary cairn in Shancrock, County Sligo, Ireland. One of eight cairns marking the Sligo-Leitrim boundary in inhospitable mountainous terrain, it stands on the summit of a ridge running north from Truskmore Mountain. The small modern-looking pile of stones measures 1.5m in diameter and 0.5m in height. Classified 'Cairn Possible' in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995), it was not indicated on the 1837 OS 6-inch map.

Listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified 'Cairn Possible' in both. Not indicated on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is one of a series of eight cairns (SL006-043----; SL006-044----; SL006-047----; SL006-048----; SL006-049----; SL006-050----; SL006-051----; SL006-063----) which mark the boundary between counties Sligo and Leitrim in inhospitable mountainous terrain. Located on the summit of a ridge running N from Truskmore Mountain. This is a small modern-looking pile of stones (diam. 1.5m, H 0.5m). This is the same boundary cairn as LE003-012----. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 24 July 2012

A Bronze Age cairn; part of a cluster of funerary or ritual monuments in the region. Its classification as a possible cairn suggests it may have been used for burial or ceremonial purposes.

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