What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 275m S of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. One of 36 possible barrows (LI049-001008/041/043/044-) within an area measuring c. 250m N-S x c. 450m E-W. A group of seven possible barrows (LI049-001001/007-) lies 345m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a barrow on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2573; Site No. 302) taken 03/11/1984. Visible as a faint circular cropmark on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 16 September 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BC). It is part of a large barrow group, indicating a significant ritual or funerary landscape in the area.
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- What survives
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