What is recorded here
In wet pasture 90m S of the townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. One of seven possible barrows (LI049-001001/007-) within an area measuring c. 100m N-S x c. 120m E-W. A barrow cemetery containing 36 possible barrows (LI049-001008/041/043/044-) lies 190m to E. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a barrow on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2573; Site No. 285) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 14 September 2021
A Bronze Age barrow cemetery; part of a cluster indicating ritual or burial activity in the wetland environment.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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