What is recorded here
In pasture, 100m W of townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. An enclosure (LI048-023----) lies 120m to the NE. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Identified as a ring-barrow from examination of Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 2572) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached aerial photograph (BGE No. 2572) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 12 August 2021
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its identification contributes to understanding burial practices and landscape use in a poorly recorded area of the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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