What is recorded here
On a level landscape. Subcircular grass-covered mound (dims 8m N-S; 6.8m E-W; max. H 0.7m) surrounded by a rush-covered fosse (Wth 2-3m) NW-E-SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A subcircular ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Such monuments are significant as they represent early funerary and ritual practices associated with burial mounds and surrounding ditches in Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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