What is recorded here
In gently undulating low-lying wet pasture with a ring-barrow (TS065-024002-) located 4m to the SE and others nearby. Identified on aerial photograph (Ordnance Survey 2430/29). Circular area (diam. 4.2m) enclosed by an earthen scarped edge (Wth 0.6m; H 0.1m) with a shallow fosse (Wth at base 0.6m) and traces of an external earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; overall Wth 1.4m). The interior is level and clear of overgrowth.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 14 May 2014
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, and part of a broader tradition of burial monuments in Ireland. Its presence in a low-lying landscape suggests ritual or funerary significance within a local prehistoric settlement pattern.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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