Mound in Knockbeg West

In the SW quadrant of Knockbeg West moated site (SL026-021002-). This is a circular flat-topped mound (diam. 19m; H 1.8m at N, 1.5m at S) with broadly sloping sides, except N-NE where the slope is steeper. The level top (diam. c.10m) has a slight depression at NNW. A single hawthorn bush grows on top of the mound. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

Neolithic circular mound; likely a ritual or ceremonial feature. Its association with a moated site suggests a possible link to later Bronze Age or early medieval activity, though its primary significance lies in its Neolithic context as a landscape marker or communal monument.