What is recorded here
According to Power (1952, 83), there is a place called Carn a'Dreoilín - the Wren's Cairn - at Monalummery, where a standing stone stood on a cairn (WA035-018001-). Both remain unlocated.
Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.
Date of upload: 6th October, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the standing stone at Carn a'Dreoilín may have had ritual or commemorative significance, as suggested by its association with a cairn. The name "Wren's Cairn" could reflect later folklore or symbolic connections to birds in prehistoric belief systems.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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