What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture N of a watercourse and 230m W of the Morningstar River. One of 11 possible barrows (LI040-100002/012-) located within an area measuring 300m E-W x 200m N-S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a ring-barrow on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2562; Site No. 187) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 16 June 2021
A Bronze Age barrow; part of a small barrow group. Its significance lies in its potential to contribute to understanding local funerary practices and settlement patterns of the period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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