So many people drive around the base of this busy hill without realising what is sitting on the top. The only place that it is really visible from is Crom Castle across the valley to the north east. It too offers a good view of Crom Castle.
It is marked on the RoI OS maps as a cairn, but no cairn survives. What does survive is the astoundingly huge kerb that is 35m in diameter, consists of 90+ stones some of which approach 2m in height.
The kerb is almost continuous and in the centre are the remains of the passage tomb that would have been inside the cairn. When the cairn was in place it would have been very impressive indeed.
The views from the hill top are great taking in three counties and as mentioned offering good views of Crom Castle.
I was left quite speechless by the sheer scale of the stones used in this kerb ñ they easily rival the size of those used at Newgrange and Knowth.
This is a wonderful place that is little known.
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