What is recorded here

Ten metres of buried ritual stand at the western edge of Heath, a small circular mound ringed by a shallow ditch that cuts through ordinary ground. The barrow has watched the landscape long enough to become familiar, yet it still belongs to the dead and to time rather than to people. Its size is modest, but its shape is deliberate: a boundary drawn in earth, marking what should not be forgotten.

On a local prominence at W edge of Heath. A sub-circular ring-barrow (max. ext. diam. 10.7m N-S) defined by a central mound (diam. 4-4.5m; max. H 0.5m) and a flat bottomed fosse (Wth 1-1.5m; D 0.8m) which is shallowest at S (D 0.4m). Site re-visited by Caimin O'Brien on the 08 May 2007. Site consists of a slightly sunken circular mound (diam. 4-4.5m; max. H 0.5m) enclosed by an inner fosse (Wth 1-1.5m; D 0.8m) with the slightest suggestion of an external fosse (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.1m). Some dumping has resulted in the infill of the inner fosse in places. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, consisting of a central mound and surrounding fosse; such monuments are commonly associated with single inhumation burials and represent significant funerary practices of the period.

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