What is recorded here
In low-lying level wet pasture. Circular area (diam. 12m) defined by a low broad earthen scarp (Wth 1.2m; H 0.25m). At the external base of the scarp is a broad flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at base 2.2m; D 0.1m) and an low broad external earthen bank (Wth at top 1m; overall Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.05-0.2m; ext. H 0.15m). The interior is level and overgrown with bushes and briars along the W edge.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of burial monument is significant as it reflects early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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