Barrow

One of a complex of 12 monuments (LI032-073001-/013-). Listed by O'Kelly as monument No. 8 and described in 1943 as following; 'This is a circular earthen platform of Type A. There is no bank either on the platform or around it. The fosse is continuous. The height of the platform is 3' [0.9m] and its overall diameter is 120' [36m]. All these monuments, except Nos. 1 to 5 inclusive, are situated in a low-land marsh. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 10, 11 and 12 are not marked on the OS Maps (O'Kelly 1942-3, 181-2). The outline of the monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 February 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 351/20 taken 05/01/2003.

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Christian or medieval period; its significance lies in its association with a complex of 12 monuments, suggesting a ritual or funerary landscape of local importance.