Five standing stones rise from the boggy shoulder of Shantemon mountain, just south of Cavan town, in a row known locally as Finn McCool's Fingers. They are part of a wider tradition of Bronze Age monument-building across the Irish uplands, and the alignment here — though modest in scale — carries a genuine sense of ancient purpose that the empty hillside only amplifies.
The walk to the stones is easy enough from the road below, rising through rough pasture and heather. The stones themselves are not enormous, but they are unexpectedly striking in this quiet corner of the county. On a clear day you can see Cavan town and the surrounding drumlin landscape stretching in every direction. There is no visitor centre and no charge — you simply walk up and stand among them.