
What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 100m SW of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Milltown. Possible barrows (LI040-253/254----) lies 15m to SW and 25m to SE respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Visible as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a ditch on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (348) 22). Faint traces of a cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 04/04/2013.
See attached oblique aerial image (ASIAP (348) 22) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 29 June 2021
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its location suggests a possible funerary or ritual function within a broader landscape of related barrows.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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