What is recorded here
Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Circular flat-topped mound (diam. top 7m; diam. base 17m; H 0.65-0.85m) of earth and rubble limestone with gently sloping sides. There is no fosse visible at ground level. The edge of the mound has been obscured W-E by modern dumps of field clearance rubble rock. The summit of the mound undulates irregularly and slopes gently facing S slopes slightly facing S.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
A Neolithic burial mound, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its construction reflects early communal burial practices, though its specific cultural or ritual significance remains unrecorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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