What is recorded here
In level pasture, at base of a gentle WSW-facing slope. Identified as a ring-ditch on an aerial photograph (OS 2437/6). Circular area (dims. 8m N-S; 7m E-W) defined by remains of shallow fosse (Wth 1.9m; D 0.04m) best preserved at NE. Conjoined to ditch-barrow (TS066-082001-) at NE where they share the only visible remains of a low levelled bank which acts as a bridge between the two. Interior level and same height as exterior ground level. Wet rushy area enclosing dry area of monuments ENE-S-WNW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its ring-ditch and shallow fosse suggest a funerary or ceremonial function, typical of burial monuments in the Irish landscape during this period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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