What is recorded here
Situated at Knockandinny, on the northern extremity of Saggart hill. A ring-barrow consisting of a raised circular platform, surrounded by a fosse with a low external bank. The platform (diam. c. 30m) had been built of small stones (Kilbride-Jones 1950, 314-15). Today, this is in the area of Hole 3 on Slade Valley Golf Course. Not visible at ground level (Healy 1975, 1-19).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 6 July 2018
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 154/1940).
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, characterized by a circular platform with surrounding fosse and external bank. Such monuments are significant as they represent early funerary and ceremonial earthworks associated with burial practices in Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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