
What is recorded here
In improved pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 10m NE of a townland boundary with Ballynagranagh, which follows the line of a public road. The southern-most of a cluster of four possible barrows (LI032-251001-/02-/03-/04-). Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 197.01: AP 4/3610) as a small circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 197.01
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 19 November 2020
A Bronze Age ditch barrow; part of a possible barrow group, indicative of early funerary and ritual practices in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Kilteely HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Castle (in ruins)Castle, unclassified · 1.3 mi
St. Patrick's WellSpring · 1.4 mi
Ballynamona Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 1.8 mi
Flat cemetery in Knockainy WestFlat cemetery · 3.4 mi
KnockseefinMountain / peak · 4.0 mi
St Patrick's WellSpring · 6.3 mi
Ballinvreena LoopVisitor information · 8.9 miOther information
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