What is recorded here
One of a complex of 12 monuments (LI032-073001-/013-). Listed by O'Kelly two ring-barrows (LI032-073004-) and described in 1943 as following; 'Two Ring Barrows are situated on its top both on the eastern side of the centre line. One is entirely in the N.E. quadrant and the second is partly in the N.E. and partly in the S.E. These consist of very low mounds surrounded by continuous fosses. Their overall diameters are 18' [5.5m] and 24' [7.3m]. 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 visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 27 February 2020
See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 349/11and 351/20 taken 05/01/2003.
A Neolithic ring-barrow; part of a complex of 12 monuments, significant as a funerary and ceremonial site from the early to middle Neolithic period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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