Barrow

In wet pasture 370m NE of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Ballinvana. Elton barrow cemetery first identified in 1982 by the Archaeology Department of UCC who carried out a Route Selection Study report for Bórd Gáis Éireann in consultation with ARUP Pipeline Engineering (Woodman 1983). One of 37 possible barrows (LI040-078002/035-/-037/039-) recorded within an area measuring 230m N-S x 300m E-W. Listed by the Discovery Programme as a potential barrow (Site No. 11) on examination of gas pipeline aerial images and Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff AP 2123). Faint trace of a circular-shaped cropmark visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken between 2011-13. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph (Site No. 11) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 2 June 2021

Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). It is part of a cemetery that provides insight into burial practices and settlement patterns in the Elton area during the Bronze Age.