What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 90m W of townland boundary with Gormanstown (Phillips). One of 6 possible barrows (LI040-061015/019-/ LI040-06021-) concentrated in an area measuring 175m NS x 300m E-W in the N quadrant of the townland. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a potential site (site No. 040223) during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2554) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Faint cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/09/2019.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 28 May 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence in a cluster suggests a significant ritual or funerary landscape in the area.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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