What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture, 35m S of a local road that marks the townland boundary with Raheennamadra. Possible barrow (LI049-241002-) lies 20m to the W. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified as a possible ring barrow on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000; 2578) taken 03/11/1984. Possible barrow listed as ‘Mitchelstowndown East 2’ by Grogan (1989, 239). No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 20 October 2021
Possible ring barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence indicates prehistoric funerary activity in the Mitchelstowndown East area, though its exact type and significance remain undetermined due to lack of excavation or detailed survey.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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