What is recorded here
In pasture on the demesne lands of Derk House, located 560m to N. One of a cluster of 14 barrows (LI033-036001-/009-; LI033-090/091-; LI033-121/122----; LI033-154----) concentrated in the S half of Derk townland with the closest barrow (LI033-036008-) 175m to W. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 75; AP 4/3626) as a ring-barrow. Faint traces of circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 10m) visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bruff image showing monument labelled Bruff 75
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 12 April 2021
A Bronze Age barrow; part of a significant cluster of funerary monuments indicating early settlement and ritual activity in the Derk area.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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