What is recorded here
Visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 149-150), and situated on a level, low-lying landscape. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 24m) defined by a scarp (H 0.1-0.2m) and an outer band of wet ground (Wth 4-4.5m) SE-NE. The large ring-barrow (RO006-163----) is c. 50m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A Neolithic ditch barrow, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, representing an early form of ceremonial or funerary earthwork. Its low-lying circular structure with a scarp and wet outer band reflects typical Neolithic burial mound construction in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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