What is recorded here

In low-lying pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 490m E of a townland boundary with Lacka. Enclosures (LI031-026/027----) lie 90m and 125m to SW, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument is visible on 1:5,000 Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photograph (No. 2497) as a circular-shaped earthwork. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped area (diam. 37m) defined by an inner fosse, on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and BGE aerial photo shown as the north most monument in a line of three monuments. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 November 2020

A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, representing a type of funerary monument associated with burial and ritual practices of the period. Its presence indicates prehistoric human activity in the Rathmore North area, though specific significance remains unclear due to limited documentation.

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