What is recorded here
On undulating pasture 70m SW of the townland boundary with Stonepark. Ring-barrows (LI023-268/292----) are located in the adjacent field 120m to WNW. The site is not depicted on historic OSi maps but is visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 24903; AP 4/3706) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 10m). The ring-barrow is visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 06/02/2018, it is less obvious on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 02/07/2018.
See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 24903 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 4 September 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE, typically used as a burial monument. Its significance lies in its association with early agricultural communities and ceremonial practices in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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