There really isn't a lot of this cairn left. Much of it seems to have been used to build a small length of wall around one side of it in a similar fashion to the passage tomb on Baltinglass Hill (County Wicklow). This wall was very welcome both on the way up and down Keadeen as the wind was very violent.
What does remain of the cairn is on the east side of the wall and comprises of a scatter of large stones that may have been either kerbstones or orthostats from its passage and chamber. At the west end of this jumble three stones look as though they could be in situ and be part of the passage structure.
From the cairn's location, which is in a saddle, the views are stunning to the east and west. To the west you can look down on the woods that surround Boleycarrigeen (County Wicklow) and look beyond them to the cairns on the top of Boleycarrigeen Hill. To the northwest you can look down on the amazing hill fort on Spinans Hill - Brusselstown Ring (County Wicklow).
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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Cairn X1 (Co. Meath) |  Crookan Cairn (Co. Dublin) |  Carn-na-Truagh (Co. Antrim) |
 Crohaun (Co. Waterford) |  Slievebawn (Co. Carlow) |  Heapstown Cairn (Co. Sligo) |
