What is recorded here
In pasture. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) defined by a fosse, visible on satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery date 18 November 2020), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. The size of the enclosure and the relatively high concentration of barrows in the area suggests that this is a barrow.
See attached:
TS066-124----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 18 November 2020)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 January 2022
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its circular enclosure suggests a funerary or ritual function, typical of burial monuments from this period in Ireland.
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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