What is recorded here

Bull Ring is a flat-topped ring-barrow on Clonin Hill in County Offaly, Ireland. Its wide circular mound, inner ditch and outer bank still stand in open pasture, facing a distant burial mound on Croghan Hill. A decorated rock rises from the ditch at the south-west, perhaps marking the place where people gathered, prayed or remembered the dead.

National Monument No. 532. In pasture on top of Clonin Hill with extensive views of the surrounding countryside. Impressive view of burial mound (OF010-004001-) on top of Croghan Hill 4.5km to W. Smaller ring-barrow (OF011-001002-) now levelled located c. 20 metres to NW. Circular flat topped mound (diam. 46.6m; H 2.5m - 0.5m) enclosed by inner fosse (Wth 2m) with external bank (Wth 5.3m; H 0.3m) intersected by stone wall/field boundary at W. Natural rock outcrop with decorated surface known locally as a mass-rock (OF011-001001-) protrudes from the surface of the fosse at SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2016

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