What is recorded here
In a stand of mature Scots Pine at the E-end of the highest point of the Curragh ridge, with panoramic views in all directions. A low, slightly dished, circular earthen mound (H 0.5-0.9m; base diam. 16.5m) is girdled by a shallow fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 0.3m). A small, shallow, central depression may indicate the site of the Trig. Station shown on the current OS 6-inch map (1941 Revision).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A Neolithic ditch barrow, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE, characterized by a low earthen mound surrounded by a ditch. Such barrows are significant as early funerary monuments and indicators of Neolithic settlement and ritual activity in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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