What is recorded here
A circular area (diam. c. 17m) enclosed by a fosse with an external bank (overall diam. c. 27m). Disturbed at the NE and W by modern trenches. (O'Riordáin 1950, 276: Site C1; scaled section NE-SW Plate XXVII)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as an early funerary monument type associated with burial and ritual practices in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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