What is recorded here
On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows and abutting ring-barrow (LI023-226005-) to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a penannular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15702: AP 4/3665). Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15702.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 10 September 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE, associated with early communal burial practices in Ireland. Its location within a larger complex suggests it is part of a significant ceremonial or funerary landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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