What is recorded here
On the crest of a 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 218.04: AP 5/2014) as a small circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is visible as a very faint 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 218.04
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 18 November 2020
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of monument is significant as it reflects early funerary practices and burial mounds associated with the spread of metallurgy in Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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