
What is recorded here
On wet flat pasture, 105m SE of the Morningstar River that forms townland boundary with Carrigeen. Enclosures (LI031-195/184----) lie 26m to SW and 20m to NW respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 51.02: AP 4/2061) as a circular-shaped enclosure. Faint trace of circular cropmark visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. Cropmark of ring-ditch (diam. c. 15m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 04/04/2013. Possible ditch-barrow.
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Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 1 April 2021
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence suggests ritual or funerary activity in a low-lying, possibly wetland landscape, which is significant for understanding burial practices in such environments during the Bronze Age.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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