What is recorded here
A circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) with an internal fosse, visible on satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery date 16 December 2016 and 20 January 2020), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There is another ring-barrow (TS058-090----) c. 5m to the NNE.
See attached:
TS058-091----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 16 December 2016)
TS058-091----_02 Google Earth image (imagery date 20 January 2020)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 January 2022
A Neolithic ring-barrow, c. 4000–2500 BCE, characterized by a circular earthen mound with an internal fosse. Its presence indicates early ceremonial or funerary activity in the region, typical of Neolithic burial practices in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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