What is recorded here

In pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 6m-8m) enclosed by shallow fosse (D 0.1m) with almost levelled external bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.15m). 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, and representing a type of funerary monument associated with burial practices in Ireland during the first millennium BC. Its construction and location reflect the landscape organisation and ritual significance of such monuments in prehistoric communities.

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