Barrow

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. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 90.05; AP 4/3678) as a ring-barrow. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a circular-shaped area (dims. 5.0m N-S; 4.75m E-W) to W and a subcircular-shaped area (dims. 3.2m N-S; 2.85m E-W) to E which are conjoined by a fosse (Wth 2.55m; D 0.1-0.3m). The outer bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.05m) is best defined from NE-E-S-SW and is reduced to a low profile bank (Wth 3.05m; int. H 0.05m; ext. H 0.05m) from SW-W-N-NE. Monument appears to be cut into the remains of an outer bank of enclosure (LI024-049001-). Monument is visible as a faint oblong-shaped cropmark (dims. 15m WNW-ESE; 7.5m NNE-SSW) on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/05/2017. See attached photocopy of Bruff aerial photograph labelled 90.05 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 6 April 2021

A Neolithic barrow; part of a cluster with a central enclosure, likely a funerary or ritual site. Its location and grouping suggest a significant ceremonial landscape in the Neolithic period.