What is recorded here
On flat reclaimed pasture, 160m SW of Morningstar River, immediately E of field drain which marks townland boundary with Garbally. Possible earthwork (LI031-160003-) to immediate SW and possible ditch-barrow (LI031-160001-) lies 20m to SW. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 58; AP5/2059) as a small circular cropmark of a possible ditch-barrow. Faint trace of cropmark visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020.
See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 58 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 22 March 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). Such barrows are significant as funerary monuments reflecting early burial practices and social structures in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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