What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 250m S of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. One of 36 possible barrows (LI049-001008/041/043/044-) within an area measuring c. 250m N-S x c. 450m E-W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a barrow on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2575; Site No. 272) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 21 September 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BC). It is part of a significant barrow group, suggesting a ritual or funerary landscape associated with early agrarian communities in the region.
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