What is recorded here

Barrow stands on a Clare hill summit, its flat-topped mound and wide fosse still drawing breath from the open sky. The entrance gap holds two upright stones, one as large as a child’s bed, waiting for someone who remembers the way through.

On the summit of a prominent hill in partly drained pasture with clear views in all directions. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. OS 6-inch maps. A bowl-barrow comprising a central flat-topped mound (diam. 11.5m N-S; 11.4m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.65-1.2m), a fosse (Wth 1.4-4m; ext. D 0.25-0.9m), and an external flat-topped bank (Wth at base 2.7m; Wth at top 0.90m; ext. H 0.3m). At NNE stone-facing slabs are evident along the edge of the mound. An entrance gap (Wth 2.55m) flanked by two upright stones is present in the bank at WSW with a causeway (Wth 1.8m) crossing the fosse. The larger (S) upright slab measures 0.5m x 0.6m. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 28 June 2023

Bowl barrow, dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). These burial mounds are significant as they represent some of the earliest forms of ceremonial and funerary architecture in Ireland.

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