What is recorded here

Mullaghnameely holds a buried ring beside four great tombs, separated only by a shallow ravine. The dug trench revealed clay layers, charcoal and flints, suggesting a barrow rather than a random cut. People may have stood there in firelight, marking death or ceremony on the slope. The land keeps that shape still, waiting for rain or memory to reveal it again.

Located on a S and W-facing slope with a ravine (Wth c. 50m; D c. 5m) c. 10m to the W separating it from an area with three passage tombs and a portal tomb. Archaeological monitoring (05E1402) revealed an arc (L 10.5m) of a flat-bottomed trench (Wth of top 0.4-0.7m; D 0.25-0.35m) curving SE-SW which contained three layers of silty clay, the bottommost of which contained charcoal inclusions and some struck flints. It was completely excavated (int. diam. 12m E-W; 11m N-S) under the same licence and is probably the remains of a barrow. (Read 2006, 2008; 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 December 2020

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