What is recorded here

Knappogue Castle and the Sixmilebridge-Ennis road frame a forgotten circular chamber where cattle still graze. A broad eight-metre bank rises half a metre above the grass, enclosing twenty-nine metres of empty air and forgotten purpose. Animals tread the ancient ridge while people drive past the farm gate, unaware that they beside a vessel built for the dead.

This site is located east of Knappogue Castle in a large field used for pasture immediately beside the Sixmilebridge-Ennis road. The surface of the field in which the site is located is uneven with long curvilinear natural banks of earth distributed throughout. The site is depicted as a hachured plan on the OS 6-inch-sheets. The site which overlooks the gently sloping ground to the south consists of a broad ditchless bank defining a roughly level subcircular area 29m in diameter. The bank stands up to 0.5m above the interior of the site and measures on average 8.7m wide. A farm gate is located just south of the enclosure leading onto the road. The remains of a byre and some other small structures are built on the bank at the south. No features were discernible on the interior of the site and there were no indications of an original entrance. Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 14/03/2012

Embanked barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of monument is significant as it reflects early funerary and ritual practices in the region.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.