What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture, on the flood plain of the Dead River and the Mulkear River 310m and 350m to N, respectively. Monument identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 138: AP 4/3722). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 9m) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 22 July 2020
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location near river flood plains suggests it may have been part of a broader ritual or funerary landscape in the Bruff area.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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