What is recorded here
In a level marshy field adjacent to a stream. This circular earthwork (diam. 14.5m) is delimited by a low
bank and external fosse. The interior is slightly dished in profile which suggests that it may be a ring-barrow.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 16 July 2019
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. These monuments are significant as they represent early funerary and ceremonial practices associated with burial mounds in lowland Britain.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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