
What is recorded here
In wet pasture 50m N of watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Cromwell. Enclosure (LI033-009----) lies 160m to NE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 110; AP 5/2021) as a ring-barrow. Circular-shaped cropmark visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.
See attached photocopy of Bruff aerial image labelled Bruff 110 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 7 April 2021
See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 133/07 taken 23/08/2000
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its survival in a low-lying, wet environment is significant for understanding funerary practices and burial mound preservation in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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