What is recorded here
Barrow is a hidden ring-barrow cemetery on the south slope of Duntryleague Hill, overlooked by a summit still occupied by a megalithic tomb and two cairns. W. Forbes identified the place in 1986, yet no surface remains are visible in modern satellite images. The hill may have worn the barrows smooth while keeping its older monuments exposed, turning loss into a quiet test of memory.
In pasture on the S slope of Duntryleague Hill, the summit (922 ft., 281m) of which lies 540m to NE. A megalithic tomb (LI049-077----) and two cairns (LI049-076/78----) are located at the summit of Duntryleague with enclosure (LI049-256---) 140m to E. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by W. Forbes in 1986 as a possible ring-barrow cemetery located on S slope of Duntryleague Hill. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached location map and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 5 October 2021
A megalithic tomb, likely Neolithic in date, associated with cairns on Duntryleague Hill; part of a broader prehistoric funerary landscape in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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