Barrow

In wet pasture 300m NE of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Ballinvana. Elton barrow cemetery first identified in 1982 by the Archaeology Department of UCC who carried out a Route Selection Study report for Bórd Gáis Éireann in consultation with ARUP Pipeline Engineering (Woodman 1983). One of 37 possible barrows (LI040-078002/035-/-037/039-) recorded within an area measuring 230m N-S x 300m E-W. Listed by the Discovery Programme as a potential barrow (Site No. 5) on examination of gas pipeline aerial images and Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff AP 2123). No surface remains visible. See attached aerial photograph (Site No. 5) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 2 June 2021

A Bronze Age barrow; part of a cemetery complex. Its significance lies in contributing to understanding of early burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.