Dancers at Heapstown Cairn

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Ardloy Cairn Ardloy Cairn is located on a drumlin, 92 m above sea-level and 5 km north of the Carrowkeel complex. The site is pretty ruined, but enough stones remain to establish that the chamber was of a cruciform shape. There are two Raths, circular/oval enclosures thought to date from between the Iron and early Christian ages on either side of the ruined cairn. The tumbled remains of the chamber of Ardloy Cairn. The site is located in a field which is surrounded by high hawthorn hedges, so the view to the cairns in the Bricklieve Mountains to the south, Shee Reevagh to the east, and Knocknarea to the north are all obstructed. Looking north west to the Ox Mountains.

Flowers at Heapstown Cairn.