What is recorded here
In pasture, immediately W of a stream with Knockaunatarriff 210m to SW. Earthwork (LI041-013016-) and ditch-barrow (LI041-013015-) lie 45m to the SE and 40m to the NE respectively. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Possible ring-barrow listed by Grogan (1989, 246). Monument is visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c, 3m) on Digital Globe orthophoto taken between 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 4 August 2021
See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 318/15 taken on 05/10/2002.
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE), associated with burial and ritual practices of the period. Its location and earthwork features suggest a ceremonial landscape linked to other nearby monuments.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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