What is recorded here
In pastureland. A circular ring-barrow (diam. 13.3m), in fair condition, comprising a low flat-topped central mound (diam. 4.1m; H 0.2-0.55m) encircled by a fosse and external bank. It has been damaged at NW where a laneway runs.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 14 August 2019
A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE, characterized by a central mound surrounded by a ditch and external bank. Such monuments are significant as early funerary and ceremonial structures, reflecting communal burial practices and social organization in prehistoric Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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