What is recorded here
On gentle SSE-facing slope, in reclaimed pasture with Glenatrahaun Stream 10m to E. A cluster of three ring-ditches (LI024-225----) lie 80m to NW and a ring-ditch (LI024-224----) lies 120m to SW. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a circular-shaped area (24m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a scarp (Wth 1.5m; H 0.3m) with traces of a shallow outer fosse (Wth 5.3m; D 0.15m), a slight gap (Wth 5m) in the scarp is visible at NNW and a second gap (Wth 6m) at WNW. Linear drainage channels are visible in the field to the N, S and W of the site. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018.
See attached sketch plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 18 July 2020
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location and association with nearby ring-ditches suggest a ceremonial or funerary landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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