
What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture, 80m W of townland boundary with Rathanny. Cropmark of a possible earthwork (LI040-207001-) lies 115m to the NW. One of a cluster of 5 possible barrows (LI040-207002-/003-; 207005; LI040-209----). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 93.04; AP 5/2102). Monument visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 5m) intersected at E by a linear cropmark running roughly N-S on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.
See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 93.04 and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 29 June 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence in a cluster suggests a significant ceremonial or funerary landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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