What is recorded here
On a gentle W-facing slope in pasture at the NE end of a narrow spit of land extending SW into Ballyeighter Lough. A possible ring-barrow (max. diam. c. 14m) defined by a fosse and outer bank visible on OSi MapGenie 2013-2018 orthophotography. A second possible ring-barrow (CL011-041----) lies c. 18m to the SW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 18 November 2025
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices in Atlantic Europe. Its location near Ballyeighter Lough suggests a possible link to ritual or territorial markers in a lakeside landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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