Barrow

In flat terrain, in a reclaimed field under pasture. Within a linear barrow cemetery which runs NE-SW (L c. 130m). Monument identified on Google Earth aerial imagery (Imagery Date: 2/20/2009). This ring-barrow (overall diam. 12.1m N-S; 13.5m E-W) consists of a low circular area (diam. 5.2m N-S; 5m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth 1.1-1.4m; D 0.08-0.1m) with slight traces of a flattened outer bank from E-NW (Wth 3.6m at base; 1.3-1.8m at creast; H above int. 0.16-0.21m; H above ext. 0.8-0.17m). There is a slight depression in the interior mound, slightly NE of centre. There are rushes growing in the fosse from NE-S and some in the interior in the NW quadrant. Other ring-barrows in the cemetery include TS065-073001-; TS065-073002-; TS065-073003- and TS065-073004- which lie 121m, 111m, 92m and 60m to the SW respectively, TS065-073006- and TS065-073007- lie 43m and 24m to the S and SE respectively. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 December 2013

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with a linear cemetery; such monuments are significant for understanding burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Ireland.