Cairn K in 1911.

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Panorama - page 2 100 km from Carrowkeel, beyond Corn Hill, is the next great megalithic centre, Loughcrew. A fallen 2 metre quartz pillar has been discovered on the highest and most westerly part of Loughcrew, which would have been visible from Carrowkeel at sunset as the suns rays lit it up. To the south lie the Curlew Mountains meaning Rough Mountains, which separate Sligo from Roscommon, and Southwest is Lough Gara and the plains of Roscommon, where Cruchan Ai lies, the capital of Ancient Connaught. Then on clear days, the Mweelrea range in south Mayo are visible, down as far as Lough Corrib and the plains of Galway, where Fionnavar's mountain Sidhe Knockma and Moytura Conga are found. Out to the West are Nephin Mountain and Croagh Patrick beyond which no man lives. Indeed, the sun sets behind Croagh Patrick on the Samhain/Imbolc cross-quarterdays when viewed from Cairn K. Facing the Reek: Croagh Patrick Stone, interior of Cairn K, Carrowkeel. On the left is the end/rear recess, the stones of which are shifting. Finally the mystical bulk of Kesh Corran looms in the west, dominating the skyline from Carrowkeel with its great cairn, The Pinnacle. Beyond Keshcorran is Knocknashee, a 300 metre tabletop mountain with two cairns and the remains of an ancient village of 30 huts, framed against the background of the Ox Mountains. Cairn L is a smaller unexcavated structure a few meters to the west of Cairn K, with no visible remains of a passage. There are a few slabs of limestone visible in the cairn which suggest the presence of of some form of chamber or cist. The cairn is covered with peat, so the actual size is difficult to make out, but a diameter of 19 meters and height of 5 meters has been recorded. This is the natural highest point of the mountain, though the top of Cairn K is higher.