What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 270m S of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. One of 36 possible barrows (LI049-001008/041/043/044-) within an area measuring c. 250m N-S x c. 450m E-W. A group of seven possible barrows (LI049-001001/007-) lies 340m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a barrow on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2573; Site No. 349) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann location map and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 16 September 2021
A Neolithic barrow; part of a dense cluster of possible barrows indicating significant ritual or funerary activity in the Late Neolithic period.
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