What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 110m SW of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Milltown. Ditch barrow (LI040-254----) lies 22m to SE and barrow (LI040-247----) lies 15m to NE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 127.01; AP 5/2069) as a possible barrow. Visible as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a ditch on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (348) 22). Faint traces of cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bruff image labelled Bruff 127.01, oblique aerial image (ASIAP (348) 22) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 30 June 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location near a river and in proximity to other barrows suggests it may be part of a broader funerary or ritual landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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