What is recorded here
On undulating pasture 65m NE of the townland boundary with Ballincassa. One of 12 ring-barrows in a cemetery (LI024-219/220----; LI024-325/-332----). Ring-barrow (LI024-219----) located 5m to SW. The site is not depicted on historic OSi maps, but is visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 165.2; AP 4/3626) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 7m). The ring-barrow is visible on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018.
See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 165.2 and Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 15 September 2020
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Part of a significant cemetery indicating early ritual and burial practices in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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