What is recorded here
On a slight E-facing slpoe at the E foot of Slieve Bawn. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 26m N-S; 25m E-W; H 0.6-0.9m) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 3-3.7m; Wth of base 1.8-2.2m; D 0.4-0.7m) and an outer flat-topped bank (Wth of base 3.4-4.6m; Wth of top 2.2-2.6m; H 0.8-0.9m) with mature deciduous trees and scrub. There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A circular grass-covered platform defined by a fosse, likely a Neolithic ring barrow or enclosure; its significance is primarily in its structural features and potential ritual or funerary use.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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