
What is recorded here
In wet pasture 20m E of a local road. One of 13 barrows (LI040-070001/013-) recorded within an area measuring 200m N-S x 250m E-W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by the Discovery Programme as a potential barrow on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2557; Site No. 2) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 26 May 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). It is part of a significant barrow group, indicating a ritual or funerary landscape of regional archaeological importance.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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