What is recorded here
Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 32-3) as following: 'Low sub-circular mound with long axis running NE-SW (Diam. 7.8m NE-SW x 5.7m NW-SE); NW side of mound is up to 0.6m in height and is appreciably higher than SE side, which may have been robbed or eroded in the past, although edge is fairly well defined on all sides. Large boulders protrude from parts of the edge and interior of the monument; another lies just beyond the current edge of the monument to NE in the direction of Frewin Hill. Monument is prominently positioned at N end of summit of low hill or ridge running N-S, with spectacular views to NE, centred on Frewin Hill. Four other barrows (WM018-069----; WM018-107----;WM018-070----; WM018-106---- ) lie in this townland, the two nearest being c. 400m to W and NNW respectively. This monument has not previously been recorded'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness.
Date of upload: 23 February 2015
Mound barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its sub-circular form and orientation are typical of funerary monuments from this period in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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