
What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 30m SE of a watercourse and 100m W of the townland boundary with Adamstown. One of 13 barrows (LI040-070001/013-) recorded within an area measuring 200m N-S x 250m E-W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by the Discovery Programme as a potential barrow on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2557; Site No. 6) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 26 May 2021
Stepped barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence among a cluster of 13 barrows suggests a significant funerary or ritual landscape, reflecting early organized burial practices in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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