
What is recorded here
In rough, wet pasture, 15m E of a townland boundary with Doonvullen Upper and 50m SE of a watercourse. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 149: AP 4/3661). Monument is visible as an irregular suboval-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 149.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 6 September 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow; its presence indicates early burial practices in the area, though its wider significance remains unrecorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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