What is recorded here
On a low knoll at the S edge of The Curragh. Visible on an aerial photograph (DoD 1999). Another ringbarrow (KD028-005----) lies on slightly higher ground c. 115m to the SW. A fairly well-preserved, circular area (diam 12.8m) is defined by a fosse (Wth 2.8-3.3m; D 0.2-0.8m) and a low, earthen, outer bank (Wth 3.4-4.8m; H 0.2-0.4m), which has been pushed into the fosse between SSW and NW. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) and corresponding causeway (Wth 1.6m) at SSW.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location and form suggest a funerary monument associated with early pastoral communities in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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