What is recorded here

Eight barrows cluster on a narrow esker in County Kildare, six aligned north-south inside a girdling enclosure while two lie slightly downslope to the south. Nettles choke the level pasture above them, and scarred earth to the north and east marks earlier sand and gravel extraction. The dead may have chosen this ridge because it rose above the surrounding flat land, giving their memories a shape the living could still point to.

Eight barrows occupy the fairly level, nettle-covered, narrow upper surface of a short, N-S esker in level pasture, with evidence of previous extensive sand/gravel extraction immediately to the N and E. Six contiguous barrows (KD019-001001-, KD019-001002-, KD019-001003-, KD019-001006-, KD019-001008-, KD019-001009-) run N-S, in-line at the N end of the esker and are contained in an enclosure (KD019-001004-) which girdles the lower slopes of the esker, while a seventh and eight barrow (KD019-001005-, KD019-001007-, ) lies c. 48m slightly down slope, and outside the enclosure, to the S. KD019-001002- is the second-most northerly barrow in the group. A small, circular area (diam. 7.5m) is defined by a shallow fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.4m) NE-SE and SW-NW. The monument is abutted by a barrow at N (KD019-001001-) and by another barrow at S (KD019-001003-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien with details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of revised upload: 29 November 2018

A Bronze Age barrow; part of a group associated with esker landscapes, significant for understanding early funerary practices and settlement in glacial outwash environments.

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