Barrow

Depicted on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 19m). According to Bowman (1934, 149), 'single-ramparted, c. 31/2ft high. Diam. 19 yards' with 'fosse, now practically filled in...inside the rampart'. Permission to inspect site refused. 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

A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare surviving circular burial monument with associated fosse, indicating early communal burial practices.