
What is recorded here
In wet pasture 100m SW of a stream and 285m SW of the townland boundary with Lissard. The most S of 9 barrows (LI049-072001/009-) that make up a barrow cemetery concentrated in an area measuring 240m N-S x 50m E-W. Six of the 9 barrows in this cemetery were excavated in 1934 by S. P. Ó Ríordáin (1936, 180-181). Site number 1 in Field C was excavated. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached location maps taken from Ó Ríordáin and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 23 September 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, part of a cemetery with multiple barrows. Its significance lies in its contribution to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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