What is recorded here
Situated on the E edge of a low ridge in lowlying pasture. Not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch. D-shaped flat-topped mound (diam. at base 24m, at top 12m; H 0.6-1.4m) truncated on the straight side to E by a N-S roadway. Part of the interior on the E has been quarried out.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
A Neolithic burial mound, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, representing a significant but poorly documented prehistoric monument; its truncated form suggests later agricultural or developmental impact.
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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