What is recorded here
On a low ridge in poorly drained pasture. A report in 1987 (SMR file) recorded 'a fine example of a small ringbarrow' at this location. It is very densely overgrown with scrub rendering inspection impossible without heavy cutting.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its survival as a "fine example" indicates its value for understanding burial practices and landscape use in prehistoric Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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