What is recorded here
On a S-facing slope. A fairly disturbed, circular area (diam. c. 14m) is enclosed by a fosse with an external bank (overall diam. c. 21m). (O'Riordáin 1950, 275: Site N; scaled section N-S Plate XXVII)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as an early funerary monument type associated with burial and ritual practices in Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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