What is recorded here

On flat pasture land in undulating countryside with nearby tumulus (SMR OF011-022----) to the N. Poorly preserved low circular mound (H 0.15m; diam. 5.5m) enclosed by a slight fosse (Wth 0.4m) with external bank (Wth 0.5m; H 0.5m).barely discernible. Stone protruding from N portion of site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Neolithic ring-barrow, c. 3500–2500 BCE; a type of burial monument associated with early farming communities in Britain and Ireland. Its fosse and external bank suggest ritual or symbolic functions beyond simple interment.

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