What is recorded here
In pasture, on top of wooded hillock known as 'Knockatachaun'. Excellent views all around. Sub-oval mound (5.7m NNE-SSW; 5.3m WNW-ESE) defined by scarped edge (Wth 2.9m; H 0.75m); scarp has been quarried (Wth 4m; H 1.15m) ESE-S, leaving conspicuous depression. Mound flat-topped. Surrounded by mature beech, sycamore and ash woodland.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 25 November 2013
Sub-oval Bronze Age cairn or passage tomb. Its location on a prominent hillock suggests ritual or strategic significance.
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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