Barrow

On a gentle WSW-facing slope, in improved pasture, 72m E of a townland boundary with Portboy which also marks a main watercourse that flows into the Ballynamona River 740m to SE. The northern most of five contiguous barrows (LI032-289/290/291/292/293) arranged roughly NW-SE along the top of a long ridge and varying from 7-24m distance apart. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 291.01: AP 4/3609) as a small circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is not clearly visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage 20/09/20. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 291.01. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 27 November 2020

Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence suggests a broader pattern of burial activity in the region, reflecting early ceremonial or funerary practices.