What is recorded here
In pasture, located on a low E–W ridge with good views. Flat-topped, subcircular grass-covered mound (9.5m E–W; 9.7m N–S; H 0.4-0.5m), which appears to be of earthen construction. According to local tradition, it is a burial site.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 8 December 2021
A Neolithic burial mound, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its location on a prominent ridge suggests ritual or ceremonial significance, common in Neolithic landscape practices.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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