What is recorded here
In level pasture in an area of extensive sand and gravel pits. Visible on a 2009 Google earth image as the cropmark of a fosse enclosing a circular area (estimated diameter c. 18m), possibly a ringbarrow (pers. comm. D. Brennan, 30-03-2015).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 22-12-2015
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its potential to contribute to understanding burial practices and landscape use in a region affected by modern extraction activities.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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