What is recorded here

Barrow stands on Verschoyles Hill in County Dublin, a ring-barrow wide enough to circle twice before returning to the start. Ua Broin saw a small inner circle near the south edge, like a chamber hidden inside a larger room. The land was ploughed and planted in 1965, yet the shape may still lie beneath the soil, waiting for rain to draw it out.

Situated on the summit of the Verschoyles Hill. A ring- barrow shown on the 1843 OS 6-inch map as a hachured enclosure (diam. c. 37m). It was described by Ua Broin (1957, 43) as a low rath, enclosing a very small circle somewhat higher than the outer one and close to the S side of the latter. The site was ploughed and planted with trees in 1965 (Healy 1975, 1-19). This area is referred to in the OS Letters (1837) as 'Lauree' or 'Lathair na Riogh' on Saggart Hill (O'Flanagan 1927, 22). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 6 July 2018

A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare surviving example of an early funerary monument in the region.

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