What is recorded here
In wet pasture 50m N of the townland boundary with Balline. One of three possible ditch-barrows (LI040-065001/003-) located in close proximity. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible barrow on Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photographs taken 03/11/1984 (1:5,000 No. 2555). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken between 2011-13. A clearing in the vegetation visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019 may indicate feature identified on Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimage.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 25 May 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence with two others nearby suggests a significant funerary or ritual landscape, though its wider archaeological context remains poorly documented.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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