Heapstown Cairn
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Megalithic tomb - passage tomb

Heapstown Cairn

Carn Ochtriallaigh

Passage tomb in County Sligo, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentIn State care
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Heapstown, Co. Sligo54.09502, -8.34850
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At a glance

  • TypeMegalithic tomb - passage tomb
  • Recorded sizediameter 62m N-S, 60m E-W; H c. 6m
  • StatusNational Monument

What to look for

  • Cairn
  • Kerb
  • Passage

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

Can you visit?

  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
  • Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
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History and description

In level pasture, 750m N of Lough Arrow. This passage tomb is a National Monument (No. 152) in state ownership.

Full archaeological record 83 words

In level pasture, 750m N of Lough Arrow. This passage tomb is a National Monument (No. 152) in state ownership. It is a massive round cairn (diam. 62m N-S, 60m E-W; H c. 6m) retained by a kerb of substantial kerbstones. Twenty-three are exposed from S around to NW and seven more are visible from N around to SE. Considerable quarrying has taken place along the perimeter of the site. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 94). A possible rath (SL034-128----) lies c. 90m to NE.

References

  • See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 18 January 2008 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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