What is recorded here

Eight metres across and barely thirty centimetres proud of the soil, the buried heart has flattened into a shallow disc while hawthorns still mark its edge. Sheep have bitten through the topsoil to expose southern kerbing stones, proving the platform once rose higher before erosion and time sanded it down. The nearby church and high cross suggest this was a sacred burial place, perhaps holding a mound now lost, while the even interior waits for someone to imagine what it covered.

Situated on low rise in area of undulating countryside with nearby church (OF008-045001-) and high cross (OF008-045005-) to S. Circular shaped platform measuring 8.5m E/W by 8m N/S and 0.3m high above surrounding land. There is evidence for stone kerbing on the southern side of the platform where the sheep have eroded away the top soil. The interior of the site is very even with a few loose stones scattered about. The edge of the platform is lined with hawthorn trees. The site would appear to be some form of burial site which may have had a low central mound which has now been eroded down to a flat platform. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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