What is recorded here
Situated on a low rise in rough pasture. Circular, round-topped, grass-covered mound (diam. 13.7m; H 2.3m). On the W and S sides are narrow buttresses of uncertain antiquity. Probably a barrow.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
A Neolithic or early Bronze Age barrow; its grass-covered mound and uncertain buttresses suggest a funerary or ceremonial function typical of prehistoric burial monuments in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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