What is recorded here
In wet pasture 40m W of a stream and 240m W of the townland boundary with Lissard. One 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 VI in Field C was not 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 (c. 2000–1500 BCE). It is part of a significant barrow cemetery, indicating a long-standing ritual or funerary landscape in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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