What is recorded here

Barrow is a ring-barrow in County Cork, Ireland. The circular stone structure sits on a south-facing slope, with a shallow ditch and external bank surrounding a central area. Stones have been removed from the interior, leaving hollows in the surface. Light peat now covers parts of the ancient monument.

In rough grazing, on S-facing slope. Entire monument is circular (10.3m E-W; 9.3m N-S) in plan and built with stones of type used in cairns. Circular area (5.1m N-S; 6.1m E-W; H 0.45m) enclosed by fosse (D 0.45m) with external bank of stone (H 0.6m). Stone bank low to E for short section. Fosse shallow due to collapse from bank and interior; completely infilled ESE->SSE. Numerous hollows noted on surface of interior where stones have been removed. Site covered by light layer of peat. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Bronze Age, and representing a type of burial monument common in Atlantic Europe. Its construction with cairn-like stones and enclosing fosse suggests a ceremonial or funerary function within a local landscape of ritual significance.

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