Barrow

In pasture, on SSW-facing slope. Hachured on 1936 OS 6-inch map as mound surrounded by fosse. Levelled; circular slightly raised area (12.6m N-S; 11.5m E-W) survives, enclosed by shallow external fosse (D 0.3m). Site clearly visible as crop mark in aerial photograph (CASAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices involving a central mound and surrounding ditch. Its significance lies in its typological contribution to understanding funerary architecture and landscape use in prehistoric Ireland.