What is recorded here

The cross vanished from the second map edition, leaving behind a low subcircular mound five metres across and one metre high. That sudden erasure turns a ordinary marker into a forgotten chamber, perhaps holding a bone, a coin or a name the surveyors stopped believing. The island is crowded with similar mounds, some definitely modern, so the cairn resists classification and keeps its own secret.

This cairn is marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. A cross was marked here on the OS 1st edition map (surveyed 1834). The cairn consists of a low subcircular mound 5m x 4m x 1m high. Many other similar mounds, some of definite modern origin, dot the island including several close by. There is no trace of any cross at this location. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In this instance the entry (no. 1620) has been revised and updated. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 13 March 2013

A Neolithic cairn; likely dates to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). Its presence on early Ordnance Survey maps highlights its historical recognition as a prehistoric monument, though its wider archaeological significance remains under-documented.

The official description records surviving remains. Its missing or destroyed wording refers only to one part of this place or to a different nearby feature. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.