Barrow

In improved wet pasture, liable to floods and 20m NW of the Ballynamona River which also marks a townland boundary with Ballinlough. Enclosure (LI032-262----) lies 145m to SW. Monument is not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 297: AP4/3611) as a circular-shaped earthwork defined by a fosse. Upstanding monument is visible as a well preserved circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 27m) defined by a fosse and an outer bank, as seen on aerial photograph (ASIAP 352, 12) taken 05/01/2003, on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 297. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 289November 2020

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices in the Irish landscape. Its location near a river and townland boundary may indicate ritual or territorial significance.