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 possible ditch-barrow (LI032-233001-) lies approx. 16m to N. 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 not readily visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013, however it is seen as a faint circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 11.5m) on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/05/2017.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled LI032-233002-
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 ritual activity in the River Camoge floodplain.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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