Barrow

In reclaimed pasture 140m W the townland boundary with Ballygubba North. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. c. 16m) defined by a scarp with fosse and outer bank truncated at S by drainage ditch running E-W. Levelled monument visible as a circular-shaped cropmark on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Outline of levelled ring-barrow (overall diam. c. 32m) visible on Google Earth orthoimages visible to the immediate N of a drainage ditch running E-W. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 6 May 2021

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its circular earthwork suggests a funerary monument, common in the Irish and British Bronze Age landscape.