Barrow

Not marked on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Hachured as circular enclosure (diam. c. 12m) on 1937 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (9.4m N-S; 9.6m E-W) enclosed by fosse (D 0.1m); low rise (H 0.08m) around perimiter probably indicates levelled bank. Stone-filled depression on N edge of interior. 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 ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices involving circular enclosures and fosse features. Its survival in a low-lying form suggests possible ritual or elite funerary significance in a prehistoric landscape.