What is recorded here

Barrow is a vanished ring-barrow in County Cork, Ireland, beside a ringfort. It may have marked death, ceremony or local identity before ploughing and forgetting removed most of its shape. What remains is a thin circle of earth, large enough to walk around and small enough to overlook.

Bowman (1934, 81) recorded tumulus in field adjoining that in which ringfort (CO004-040---) stands. 'This has now practically disappeared, the only remains being a circle of earth about one foot high, having a circumference of 47 yards'. Exact location not known. 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; likely dates to the Early to Middle Bronze Age. Its partial survival indicates a long history of land use and possible ritual significance in the local landscape.

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