What is recorded here
In 1939 notes by Capt. D. B. O'Connell, attached with a letter to Harold G. Leask states=d that the 'fine ''cup-barrow'' and the gallaun on the summit are still there.' The standing stone in question appears to be KE020-020001-. Outline of possible ring-barrow visible to SW of ring-barrow (KE020-020002-) and standing stone (KE020-020003-) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 13 June 2022
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare surviving example of a burial monument with associated standing stone, indicating ritual or territorial markers in early prehistoric Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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