What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture 130m N of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Glenlary. A possible enclosure (LI049-007----) lies 70m to the SE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular cropmark on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2575) taken 03/11/1984. Possible cropmark visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2575) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 12 September 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence suggests ritual or funerary activity in a landscape with potential wider ceremonial significance.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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