What is recorded here

Shown on 1842, 1904 and 1939 OS 6-inch maps as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m), straddling townland boundary between Barrahaurin and Kilmartin Upper. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Hartnett (1939, 197) recorded outer bank (H c. 1m; Wth c. 3m); slight inner fosse; waterlogged interior. Stone row (6503) c. 25m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Christian period (5th–9th centuries AD). These monuments are associated with high-status burials and are significant for understanding early medieval settlement and land use in the Kilmartin Valley.

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