What is recorded here

Raheenanairy is a ring-barrow in County Kildare, Ireland, where a level circular area measuring twenty-eight metres sits inside a forty-metre bank and fosse. Two gaps break the circle at the west and north-east, inviting entry rather than keeping out. O'Riordáin dug part of it in 1950 and found four post holes, a shallow trench, and thirteen flint pieces, but no buried bodies. The place may have marked a boundary, a meeting point, or a seasonal ritual, its purpose still hidden beneath the grass.

A level, circular area (diam. c. 28m) is enclosed by a fosse with an external bank (overall diam. 40m). There is an entrance at the W, with a second gap at the NE. Partially excavated by O'Riordáin (1950, 250-253: Site 1). Four post holes and a short shallow trench of uncertain function were discovered, but no evidence of burials was uncovered. Finds included thirteen pieces of flint, including two end scrapers. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

A Bronze Age ring barrow; partially excavated, it provides insight into burial practices and earthwork construction in early Irish prehistory.

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