What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture, 120m SW of townland boundary with Ballincolloo. Located within a field system (LI040-061001-) and barrows (LI040-061006/009) lie 35m to the SW . Not marked on OSi historic maps. Small circular cropmark (Site No. 040231) identified during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/50000 2553) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Monument visible as small circular cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018.
See attached aerial photograph from Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline (BGE 1/50000 2553) and Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 28 April 2021
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location within a field system and proximity to other barrows suggests a broader ritual or funerary landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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