
What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 15m W of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Baggotstown. Enclosure (LI040-187----) lies 150m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Cropmark identified as a possible ditch-barrow from aerial photograph (ASIAP (347) 5) taken 05/01/2003. Cropmark of small ring-ditch visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/05/2017. No surface remains visible on other Google earth orthophotos.
See attached aerial photograph (ASIAP (347) 5) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 29 June 2021
See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 347/5 on 05/01/2003.
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence indicates prehistoric settlement activity in the Baggotstown area, with potential links to broader funerary and ritual practices of the period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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