What is recorded here

Carn is a kerbed summit cairn on Shelmartin in County Dublin, measuring nearly sixteen metres across and two metres high. Kerbstones still mark the northeast and southwest edges although the west and south have collapsed into confusion. Men rebuilt much of the structure in the early twentieth century, perhaps to preserve a shape that older hands had already forgotten. The stones remain broad enough to circle, hot under summer sun and sharp under winter wind, inviting people to touch what time keeps trying to erase.

This is a kerbed cairn on the summit of Shelmartin (diam. 15.8m; H c. 2m). Kerbstones are visible in NE and SW. There is considerable collapse in the W and S section. Much of the cairn was rebuilt in the early 20th century (McCready 1893, 23, 446-7; Westropp 1922, 59).

Kerbed cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its location on a prominent hill summit suggests ritual or funerary significance, typical of prehistoric burial monuments in the region.

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