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. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 90.04; AP 4/3678) as a ring-barrow. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018.
See attached photocopy of Bruff aerial photograph labelled 90.04 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 6 April 2021
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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