What is recorded here

Barrow is a low, flat-topped mound twelve metres across in County Cavan, still marked by a thin earthen bank and internal fosse despite a field boundary cutting through it. It belongs to a wider complex of burial and ritual sites, suggesting people returned there repeatedly rather than marking a single death. The mound may have served as a visible anchor for memory, ceremony or identity, while ordinary farming later crossed the very line drawn for the dead.

An element of the above mentioned complex of burial and ritual sites (11, 60, 61, 65, 97). Low flat-topped mound (diam. 12m; H 0.4m) enclosed by an earthen bank (H 0.3m; Wth 2m) with internal fosse. A field boundary traverses the site in a NW-SE direction. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

A Neolithic barrow, likely dating to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE), associated with a broader ritual and burial complex; its enclosure and fosse suggest ceremonial or communal significance.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.