What is recorded here

On the crest of a short NE-SW ridge (L c. 100m; Wth c. 30m; H c. 3-4m). D-shaped grass-covered mound (dims of base 5.5m N-S; c. 3m E-W; H 0.3m) defined by a fosse (Wth of top c. 4m; max. D 0.3m) which is most clearly seen at NE and SW (max. ext. dim. 13.3m NE-SW), but at SE and NW it merges into the slope of the ridge. Man-made underground passage (RO021-042003-) is c. 30m to the SW and the segment of road (RO021-042006-) is c. 140m to the SE. Little Rathbeg (RO022-056016-) is c. 250m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

A Neolithic ring-barrow; its construction dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). Such barrows are significant as they represent early funerary monuments and provide insights into burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Ireland.

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