What is recorded here

On flat ground on edge of Heath. A large circular ring-barrow (max. ext. diam. 33.8m) defined by a platform (diam. 16m; H 1.2-1.4m) except from NW_NNE, a flat-bottomed fosse (base Wth 0.8-1.5m) and an outer bank (Wth 4.5m at E, max. int. H 1.8m; max. ext. H 0.8m). The fosse has been infilled with bank material and rubbish from WNW-NNE. Cattle gaps at S and W. 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 Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE, characterized by its large circular platform and surrounding fosse; such monuments are significant as early communal burial sites and indicators of complex social organization in the Neolithic period.

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