What is recorded here

Barrow is a barrow (ditch barrow) in Kilfeakle Churchquarter, County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular area measures 4.75 metres north-south and 4 metres east-west, defined by a 2.55-metre-wide, 0.1-metre-deep ditch best preserved from north-northwest to southwest. A north-south cultivation ridge slightly cuts the exterior western edge of the ditch, while similar ridges nearby may belong to the field system of the deserted Kilfeakle settlement.

In gently undulating pasture. Monument identified during ASI fieldwork. A circular area (dims. 4.75m N-S; 4m E-W) defined by fosse (Wth 2.55m; D 0.1m) best preserved NNW-SW. The fosse is slightly truncated on the exterior at W by a linear cultivation ridge (long axis generally N-S). Other similar ridges (Wth 1.4m; H 0.1m) in this area may be part of the field system in the deserted settlement (TS059-127----) of Kilfeakle. Pond c. 8m to N. A ringfort (TS059-128----) and enclosures (TS059-128001-; TS059-128002-) are located is c. 50-80m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 October 2013

A Neolithic ditch barrow; its significance lies in its association with early funerary and ritual practices in the Irish Neolithic period.

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