What is recorded here
Visible as a circular feature (diam. c. 15m) defined by a fosse, probably with an outer bank that has an entrance at SE, on an aerial photographs (ACAP: V221, 117-18). Situated on a level low-lying landscape with an ESE-WNW stream or drain c. 20m to the N, it is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath (RO010-055----) is c. 100m to the ESE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its presence indicates a tradition of monumental burial in the Carrowkeel area, associated with broader passage tomb culture in northwest Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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