Barrow

In level pasture. Slightly raised oval area (4.6m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE) enclosed by shallow fosse (D 0.4m) SW->NE. Site truncated to SW by NE-SW field fence. 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. It represents a burial monument of a single individual, significant for understanding funerary practices and landscape use in prehistoric Ireland.