Some unmarked stones that you come across make you wonder if they have any provenance, but this leaves you in no doubt whatsoever. Unfortunately, it has been broken - the rectangular sectioned base (1.6m N-S, .7m E-W) is still set into the ground on top of its little mound and the rounded top has been broken off (at some considerable effort) and tipped to one side. When complete it would have resembled a treasure chest with a very eroded, grooved upper surface.
Standing next to this one and looking west you see over the top of the cairn below ( Blakestown Upper (County Wicklow)) towards Slieve Bloom. Being nearly on the high spot you can see north towards Sorrell Hill (County Wicklow) and to the east a deep cleft in the mountains sites on the near false horizon.
Perhaps the most note worthy thing from here is the dominance, to the south, of Church Mountain (County Wicklow) - when the cairn was complete on its peak it would have looked spectacular from here.
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