
What is recorded here
Situated within an artificial lake established to provide water for paper mills at Clondalkin. A round-topped mound with cairn material exposed around its perimeter. In the 19th century this site was described as a 'very perfect and remarkable mound nearly suirrounded by a deep boggy slough called Bog Larkin' (Ua Broin 1957, 48).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
A Neolithic passage tomb, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE; its location within a historically industrial landscape highlights the long-term significance of the site, though details of excavation or preservation remain unclear.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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