
What is recorded here
In reclaimed wet pasture, an enclosure (LI040-259----) lies 30m to the SW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Possible site identified as a circular cropmark during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/10,000, 68) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann gas pipeline. Monument visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 5m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 1 June 2021
A possible ditch barrow, potentially dating to the Early Bronze Age; its significance lies in its identification through aerial photography, indicating prehistoric burial practices in the area.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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