What is recorded here
In gently undulating low-lying wet pasture with a ring-barrow (TS065-024004-) located 40m to the NW and others nearby. Identified during field inspection. Circular area (diam. 4m) enclosed by a scarped edge (Wth 0.6m; H 0.1m) with a shallow fosse (Wth at base 0.6m) and a barely visible external earthen bank (overall Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.1m). The interior is level with the exception of the SSW edge which slopes very slightly facing SW. The interior is dry and clear of overgrowth.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 14 May 2014
A Neolithic ring-barrow; part of a broader burial tradition in Ireland. Its location among other barrows suggests a significant ceremonial or funerary landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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