What is recorded here

Mound V at Bremore is a low coastal passage tomb where the Delvin river meets the sea. It holds a central cairn above a possible burial and seven dark marks around its edge that may have been burning pits. People likely gathered there to remember the dead beneath the salt wind, turning grief into ritual before the port and modern roads arrived.

Situated on the coast at the mouth of the river Delvin. Part of the Bremore passage tomb cemetery (Rynne 1960, 81, Mound V). It comprises a low sub-circular mound (max. dims. 11.5m N-S; 8.5m E-W; H 0.75m) with two large stones visible on the N side. Listed as a passage tomb (Herity 1974, 209). Geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R0050) of the mound identified a cairn of stones covering a possible central burial or cremation. Seven isolated magnetic responses are arranged around the circumference of the mound. These may be interpreted as small pits or areas of burning (Gimson 2006, 10). The area was also subject to a constraint study carried out by Margaret Gowen & Company Ltd. in advance of a proposed port. In addition fieldwalking and lithic analysis was undertaken for an MA study (Collins, 2007). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 27/1976).

Passage tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It is part of a small cemetery that reflects early communal burial practices and megalithic construction in coastal Ireland.

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