What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 50m 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. 5) taken 03/11/1984. Visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 9m) on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photographs 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 cluster of 13 barrows, indicating a major funerary or ritual landscape in the Gormanstown area.
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
BarrowBarrow, stepped barrow · 171 yd
RoadRoad, road/trackway · 494 yd
Gormanstown Bridgebridge · 1025 yd
Flat cemetery in Knockainy WestFlat cemetery · 3.1 mi
KnockainyMountain / peak · 3.2 mi
St Patrick's WellSpring · 3.7 mi
Edmund's WellSpring · 3.8 mi
Ballinvreena LoopVisitor information · 3.9 mi
SlievereaghMountain / peak · 5.4 mi