What is recorded here
In improved wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, on the floodplain of the Camoge River 515m to E. A townland boundary with Kilcullane lies 140m to W. A ditch-barrow (LI032-233002-) lies approx. 16m to S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff AP 5/2014) as a small circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 6.5m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, although is best seen on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/05/2017.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled LI032-233001-
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 17 November 2020
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence indicates a tradition of burial and ceremonial practice in the riverine landscape of the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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