What is recorded here

The Saints Grave or Flags of Denn is a small circular barrow on a drumlin hill in County Cavan, Ireland. Its low earth and stone bank encloses an uneven grassy area with a narrow break at the northeast and a central mound of stones whose purpose remains unknown. The site may have marked a buried person, a boundary, or a sacred warning, yet no clear function survives in the facts.

Sited immediately E of the summit of a prominent drumlin hill. Small circular raised area (int. dims. 14.7m N-W; 13m E-W) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. No fosse. Narrow break in bank at NE. Internal area uneven. At centre is a low irregular grass-covered mound of stones of unknown significance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

Portal dolmen; dates to the Neolithic period. Its location on a prominent drumlin suggests ritual or ceremonial significance in the prehistoric landscape.

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