Ard Carna

Ardcarn derives from Irish 'ard' (high) and 'carna' (cairn or mound), accurately describing a landscape marked by prehistoric earthworks. The civil parish, located in Boyle barony 3.5 miles southeast of Boyle, has been continuously inhabited since the Neolithic period. The Ardcarn Mound—a bowl barrow dating to 4000–800 BC—represents the area's earliest known settlement, with associated ringfort...