Barrow

On the spine of a distinct narrow ridge running NW-SE, in rough, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, on the floodplain of the Camoge River 265m to ENE. A townland boundary with Ragamus lies 35m to WSW. The central of a group of three contiguous barrows (LI032-232001-/03-/04-) which are on top of the ridge; a linear earthwork (LI032-232002-) lies to the immediate W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 218.03: AP 5/2014) as a small circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 10m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 04/04/2013. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 218.03 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 17 November 2020

A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; it represents a type of funerary monument associated with burial and ritual practices of the period. Its location on a prominent ridge suggests strategic or ceremonial significance.