Barrow

Situated on a generally level area, in low-lying pasture, which is overlooked by higher, gently undulating pasture to E, S and W where views are restricted. A pond lies c. 45m to N and barrows (WM020-112----/113----/114----) lie c. 240m to SW. Townland boundary with Rathnarrow lies 35m to S. Monument (overall diam. 27m) described in 1970 as a circular-shaped round-topped mound (approx. diam. 8m) defined by a wide berm and a shallow flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at top 3.6m; basal Wth 1.9m; D 0.4m) that is almost filled in at E and from S-W. There is a modern quarry hole on the top of the mound at W. Monument is visible as a roughly circular shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

Stepped barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its stepped construction is characteristic of funerary monuments in Atlantic Europe, reflecting ritual practices and social organisation of the period.