Discover Alone, back to main map

Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, one of fourteen barrows (LI041-032001/014-), N of a barrow cemetery (LI049-072001-026-; LI041-033----), an enclosure (LI041-031----) lies c. 90m to the W. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified in 1936 by Ó Ríordáin (1936, 175) as one of numerous barrows surveyed in the area, immediately N of a post-1700 field boundary. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached plan of survey from Ó Ríordáin (1936). Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 15 July 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age. It is part of a barrow cemetery, indicating a significant prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places