What is recorded here

Situated on reclaimed pasture, 10m S of the Mulkear River which forms townland boundary with Killuragh. Monument identified as a roughly circular-shaped ring-barrow by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 146: AP 4/3730). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 10m) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13. It is not visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 July 2020

A Neolithic ring-barrow; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Ring-barrow is a rare and distinctive megalithic tomb type, significant for understanding early communal burial practices and social organisation in the region.

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