What is recorded here

Mound in Down (phillipstown Lower By.) is a flat-topped earth and stone mound in County Offaly, Ireland, standing two to two and a half metres high with a base nearly twenty-eight metres across. It sits on low-lying land beside a platform ringfort, possibly marking a burial rather than a home. The distinction still hovers because the shape resists a single reading: a tomb, a boundary marker, or a gift of soil returned to someone long gone.

Almost circular flat-topped mound (H 2-2.5m, max base diam. c. 28m N-S, c. 11m at top) composed of earth and stone. Possibly a tumulus as shown on aerial photo (GSI N 547/546) but not previously recorded. Situated on flat low-lying land with platform ringfort (OF010-028----) to the SE. Small circular mound (diam 32m E-W; 30m N-S) with rounded top with no evidence of an enclosing fosse or external bank. Possible burial mound. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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