
What is recorded here
In level area of gently undulating pasture, at base of WNW-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 15m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by scarped edge (Wth 6m; H 0.5m) and external fosse (basal Wth 2.75m; overall Wth 11.75m; Dth 0.15m). Fosse truncated by field boundary WSW-NW. Traces of an outer bank (Wth 9.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.15m) N-NE. Interior generally level and monument largely levelled and incorporated into rest of field as pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 31 October 2013
Neolithic ring-barrow; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). This type of monument is significant as it represents an early form of burial practice in Ireland, often associated with elite or prominent individuals.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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