What is recorded here
In wet, level pasture, with excellent views of Knockseefin to WNW and 45m NW of a townland boundary with Ballyhurst. A cluster of six possible barrows (LI024-049002-/007-), with enclosure (LI024-049001-) in centre of field. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. No surface remains visible.
See attached Bruff aerial photo taken in 1986 numbered 90.1 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 30 September 2020
A Neolithic barrow; part of a barrow cluster, indicating early communal burial practices. Its location within an enclosure suggests ritual or social significance in the landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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