What is recorded here
Visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP BDU 21) as the cropmark of a fosse enclosing a small circular area (est max diam. c. 11m). No visible surface traces survive.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A Neolithic barrow, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, likely representing an early burial monument; its significance lies in its contribution to understanding prehistoric funerary practices in the Curragh region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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