What is recorded here

Barrow is a ring-barrow in County Kildare grassland, east of the Castledermot boundary and south of the Lerr River. Its twelve-metre circle still shows through the soil as a shallow ditch and low bank, marking an old burial or gathering place now hidden beneath grass. The land has kept its shape long after the people who made it forgot the name of the river or the townland, remembering only that death and ceremony belonged there.

In grassland, immediately E of the townland boundary with Castledermot and S of the Lerr River. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 12m) defined by a ditch with low external bank visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 22/03/2011 and 05/11/2011. Cropmark clearly visible on Digital Globe orthoimage take 2005-12. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Seán Sourke Date of upload: 11 December 2020

Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its circular ditch and external bank suggest a funerary monument of regional significance, typical of burial practices in the Irish lowlands during the second millennium BCE.

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