What is recorded here
In reclaimed wet pasture, 140m E of Morningstar River that forms townland boundary with Ballincolloo. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Possible site identified as a circular cropmark during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/10,000, 63) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann gas pipeline. Monument visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 8m) on Digital Globe orthoimage and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 1 June 2021
A possible Neolithic or early Bronze Age barrow; its significance lies in its potential as an unrecorded burial monument in the region, indicated by a circular cropmark.
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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