What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 20m N of a Stream that marks the townland boundary with Fantstown. One of six possible barrows (LI048-085/090----) concentrated in an area measuring 175m X 100m in the S quadrant of the townland. Not depicted on OSi historic 6-inch maps. Identified as a possible barrow on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP) taken on 05/01/2003. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Monument is visible as a circular cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage dated 05/04/2006. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 01/04/2021.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 3 September 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). It is part of a small barrow group, suggesting a ritual or funerary landscape of regional significance.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Fantstown Househouse · 438 yd
Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 609 yd
Ladys WellHoly well · 620 yd
BarrowBarrow, ditch barrow · 1000 yd
Bantard Househouse · 1071 yd
Bulgaden Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.2 mi
Ballinvreena LoopVisitor information · 3.7 mi
Edmund's WellSpring · 4.5 mi
Palatine's RockNamed rock · 4.7 mi
St Patrick's WellSpring · 5.1 mi