What is recorded here
In low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15705: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a small roughly circular-shaped cropmark (9m ENE-WSW; 8.5m NW-SW) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, however is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15705.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 11 September 2020
A Bronze Age ring-barrow; part of a larger burial complex. Its presence indicates early communal burial 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
Places near here
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Ballyvorneen Ho.Castle, tower house · 2.4 mi
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