
What is recorded here
In pasture, on a slight NW-facing slope. A circular area (diam. 9.6m) enclosed by a fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.05m) with an external earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.4m). There is a causeway entrance (Wth 1.7m) at ENE. The level interior is under pasture.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of monument is significant as a burial structure reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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