
What is recorded here
Geophysical survey (Licence no. 03R0074) undertaken identified two ring barrows external to the bank pf promontory fort (DU009-001013-) and circular structures within (Cooney 2009, 21). Further geophysical survey (Licence no. 12R078) of the promontory was carried out by The Discovery Programme for the LIARI Project which confirmed the presence of previously identified internal circular anomalies (Dowling 2014).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 31 December 2014
Ring barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location on Lambay Island suggests a possible association with early island settlement and ritual practices in the Irish Sea region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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