
What is recorded here
In low-lying wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses, 40m NW of a townland boundary with Bohernagraga. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. The eastern most of a cluster of three ring-barrows (LI024-310001-/002-/003-) which are aligned in a row running NW-SE. Visible as a circular-shaped cropmark on the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff AP 4/3673) and identified as a ring-barrow by the ASI during further analysis of the survey in 2010. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped area on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012 and on Digital Globe orthophotos and is visible as a suboval-shaped cropmark (13m E-W; 9.5m N-S) on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 and Bruff Survey image showing monument highlighted.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 16 October 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE. It is part of a small cluster of burial monuments, reflecting early communal burial practices in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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