
What is recorded here
In marshy pasture at S end of townland. One of three additional barrows identified by the Discovery Programme (No. 2) that formed part of a barrow cemetery that includes 13 ring-barrows (LI033-029001/017-) concentrated in three fields. Outline of shallow depression (diam. c. 4.5m) enclosed by a bank is visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Discovery Programme aerial photograph with barrow labelled 2.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 30 March 2021
Pond barrow, dating to the Early Christian period (5th–7th centuries AD), associated with a barrow cemetery containing ring-barrows. These monuments are significant as rare examples of funerary sites from this period in the Irish landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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