What is recorded here
In pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 4m N-S; 4.2m E-W) defined by fosse (Wth 1.65-1.8m; D 0.05-0.12m) which is best preserved on W-side where it is cut into the hillslope. Fosse is truncated NNE-ENE by linear drain (long axis ESE-WNW). Interior has gentle NE-facing slope. Identified on aerial photographs (OS 2396/7 and 2347/8) as a ring-ditch. Ditch-barrow (TS066-031001-) is c. 7m to ENE and ring-barrow (TS066-031----) is c. 66m to NW. Cork-Limerick Junction railway line is c. 45m to SE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its construction reflects early funerary practices involving earth and fosse features, though its wider significance remains unclear due to limited recorded context.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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