Mullyash Kerbed Cairn
{{short description|Barrow in Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox historic site
| name = Mullyash Kerbed Cairn
| native_name = Carn Chiumhais Mhullaigh Aise
| native_language = ga
| image =Lane to Mullyash Cairn - geograph.org.uk - 1442690.jpg
| other_name = Mullyash Carn
| caption = Lane to Mullyash Cairn
| locmapin = Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|54.17422|N|6.669354|W|display=inline,title}}
| location = Mullyash, Cremorne,
County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
| area = Mullyash Mountains
| built = c. 4000 BC
| elevation = {{Convert|317|m|abbr=on}}
| architect =
| architecture =
| governing_body =
| owner = Coillte
| type = bowl barrow
| height = {{Convert|1.85|m|abbr=on}}
| embedded = {{Infobox designation list
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| designation2 = National Monument of Ireland
| designation2_offname = Mullyash
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Mullyash Kerbed Cairn is a kerb cairn (bowl barrow) and National Monument located in County Monaghan, Ireland.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oh_xz5nqbyQC&q=Mullyash+cairn&pg=PA155|title=A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate, Market, and Post Towns, Parishes, and Villages, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions ...|first=Samuel|last=Lewis|date=1 January 1984|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=9780806310633|via=Google Books}}
Location
Mullyash Kerbed Cairn is located at the peak of Mullyash Mountain, {{Convert|7.5|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Castleblayney, near the border.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_oIiAQAAIAAJ&q=Mullyash|title=The Gap of the North: The Archaeology & Folklore of Armagh, Down, Louth, and Monaghan|first1=Noreen|last1=Cunningham|first2=Pat|last2=McGinn|date=1 January 2001|publisher=O'Brien Press|isbn=9780862787073|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fIdpAAAAIAAJ&q=Mullyash|title=Diocese of Clogher: parochial records, Monaghan|first=J. E.|last=M'Kenna|date=1 January 1920|publisher="Fermanagh Herald" Office|via=Google Books}}
History
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The cairn dates back to the early Neolithic, c. 4000 BC. The cairn was visible from all parts of the surrounding countryside (at least until the view was blocked by modern tree-planting). From Mullyash one could see as far as Slieve Gullion, Loughcrew, the Mourne Mountains and Cooley Mountains.
Until modern times, the cairn was visited by locals on the last Sunday in July (Crom Dubh's Sunday), a remnant of the Celtic festival of Lughnasadh. Celebrants climbed from the southwest, danced and celebrated at the cairn, and walked down to the west to a standing stone. Mullyash was renowned for matchmaking.{{cite web|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/enfo/irelands-environment/county-focus/monaghan/upland-areas/mullyash-mountain/|title=Mullyash Mountain|publisher=}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5A4oVPJ9gbsC&q=Mullyash|title=The festival of Lughnasa: a study of the survival of the Celtic festival of the beginning of harvest|first=Máire|last=MacNeill|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann|isbn=9780906426104|via=Google Books}}
Local legend connected the cairn with the urn burial of a nobleman's daughter. Her father murdered her after she eloped with a young prince of whom he did not approve. If mortals eat certain foods they can see the gold treasure buried with her; perhaps a remnant of ancient shamanic rituals. Another legend claims that Fionn mac Cumhaill threw a stone from Slieve Gullion to Mullyash (a distance of 16.6 km / 10.3 mi), and this is the standing stone that still is there.{{cite web|url=http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/12875/mullyash.html|title=Mullyash|publisher=}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.monaghan.ie/en/media/monaghanie/content/files/pdf/planning/Chapter2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 September 2016 |archive-date=24 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424234404/http://www.monaghan.ie/en/media/monaghanie/content/files/pdf/planning/Chapter2.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/monaghan.htm|title=County Monaghan - selected monuments|first=Anthony|last=Weir|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mullyash-Megalithic-Cairn/126595314162254|title=Mullyash Megalithic Cairn - Mountain - Facebook|website=Facebook|publisher=}}
Description
Mullyash Kerbed Cairn is a stepped two-tiered kerbed cairn or bowl barrow, or possibly a kind of passage grave. The walls are revetted and the cairn is about {{Convert|16|m|abbr=on}} in diameter and {{Convert|1.85|m|abbr=on}} high.
The standing stone is located 200 m west of the cairn. It once stood {{Convert|3.6|m|abbr=on}} high but is now broken.