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Barrow in Slievethoul

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

Located on the N-facing slope of Saggart Hill at a point known as Knockaniller. Shown on the 1843 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure. This site lay to the SW of the passage tombs at Knockaniller (DU024-005001-, DU024-005002-). Kilbride-Jones (ITA Survey 1939) described it as a raised, perfectly flat-topped, circular platform, surrounded by a circular fosse which was uninterrupted (diam.28m; H 0.95m). The area has been planted with trees leaving no visible trace at ground level. (Healy 1975, 1-19).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU024-005003

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hamish Bain, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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