What is recorded here
On a ridge. This circular ring-barrow (diam. c. 35m) comprises a flat-topped central mound (diam. c. 13m; H 0.75-1m) which is encircled by a fosse and external bank. From SE to SSW the bank has been levelled and the fosse has been partially in-filled. The construction of a slurry pit has disturbed the bank from SW to W. (McCaffrey 1952, 26, no. 143; 1955, 223)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 August 2019
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, characterized by a central flat-topped mound surrounded by a fosse and external bank; such monuments are significant as they reflect early funerary and ceremonial practices in the Irish landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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