What is recorded here
In improved pasture, on a N-facing slope with gentle undulations. Circular area (dims. 6.25m N-S; 6.6m E-W) defined by scarp (Wth 1m; H 0.05m), fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.05m) which is best preserved SW-N-E-SSE and the remains of possible outer bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.12m; ext. H 0.13m) N-E. Identified as a barrow on Bruff 27 aerial photograph survey.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of burial monument is significant as it reflects early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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