Carn

On the summit of a ridge, with commanding views. A circular flat-topped cairn (diam. c. 9m; H c. 1m) with possible kerbstones at E. The lower half of the cairn is overgrown with grass. A cist (SL040-015001-) is exposed in the top of the cairn. 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

A Neolithic flat-topped cairn, dating to the 4th–3rd millennia BCE, likely used as a burial monument; its location on a prominent ridge suggests ritual or territorial significance.