Barrow

In pasture, in rolling countryside. Roughly circular raised area (H 0.55m; 6m N-S; 6.5m E-W) enclosed by shallow fosse with external bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.35m). Four stones (L 0.6m; 0.3m x 0.5m: L 0.6m; 0.3m x 0.45m: L 0.8m; 0.25m x 0.65m: L 0.5m; 0.2m x 0.6m) lying on surface of interior form rough square. Second ring-barrow (11856) c. 8m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Neolithic ring-barrow, c. 3000–2500 BCE. A rare and well-preserved example of an early funerary monument, indicating ceremonial or burial activity in the Kishkeam Upper area during the Neolithic period.