Silhouette on Cairn Hill

There are two cairns on the summit of Corn Hill. The larger of the two has been damaged by a trigonometical station. The smaller, second cairn is situated 50m to the west. One legend suggests that one of the cairns was the burial place of Furbuidhe, slain by the followers of Queen Meabh of Connacht, after he slew her following the epic Táin Bó Cualaigne/ Cattle Raid of Cooley. Local lore also states that the larger cairn was called ‘Carn Caille’, after an ancient witch ‘Cailleach a Bheara’, who dropped stones from her apron as she flew over the hill.