Mound in Caherelly East

In improved wet pasture, 90m W of a watercourse and 135m E of a townland boundary with Caherelly West. Ring-barrow (LI023-245----) 185m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 139: AP 4/3658). Faint outline of enclosure (approx. diam. 30m) visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 139. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 4 September

A Neolithic ring-barrow; its presence indicates early ceremonial or funerary activity in the landscape. The association with a cropmark suggests possible burial or ritual significance beneath the modern pasture.