of Ireland, there were sixteen families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were fifteen families listed in the townland. Antiquities A megalithic wedge tomb Gallery grave, erected c.2,250 BC. The 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Site No. 6) (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995) states- "Situated in an open space in a plantation on the NW flank of Slieve Rushen. The gallery, 4m long, is slightly higher and wider at its open SW end. Two orthostats form the N side and three the S side. The backstone is set beyond the ends of the gallery sides. A massive slab, split in two, covers all but the SW end of the gallery. A tree rooted in peat on top of the roofstone may have caused the break. There are four outer wall stones to the N of the gallery and two lines of outer-walling, the inner of four stones and the outer of three, at the S. The structure is incorporated in a mound measuring 9m E-W and 7.5m N-S." Local folklore about the cromlech is found in the 1938 Dúchas Collection. A stone cairn. The 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Site No. 119) (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995) states- Marked on the OS 1836 and 1876 eds. as the 'Black Cam'. It is depicted as an oval enclosure (dims. c. 80m NW-SE; c. 55m ENE-WSW) on the 1836 ed. Situated within a dense modern plantation of coniferous trees. Not located. Lime-kilns. Stepping-stones across the river. A foot-stick across the river. Stone bridges across the rivers. References External links The IreAtlas Townland Data Base Townlands of County Cavan