What is recorded here

Barrow stands at the NE end of a narrow ridge in County Kildare, overlooking Glen Ding valley and commanding panoramic views in every direction except SW. Its sub-circular chamber, defined by a shallow fosse and a stony earthen bank with an eastern entrance gap, has endured heavy poaching yet still marks a deliberate boundary between human life and open sky. Whoever shaped that ring likely valued the clarity of the view as much as the secrecy of what lay hidden beneath the stones.

Prominently located (OD c. 296m) at the NE end of a narrow-topped, moderately steep-sided NE-SW ridge, overlooking Glen Ding valley to the NE and with panoramic views in all directions except SW. A sub-circular area (diam. 14.4m E-W; 13.4m N-S) is defined by a shallow fosse (D 0.2-0.4m: base Wth 0.8m at N – 3.5m at E) and by a low, heavily poached outer earthen bank (int. H 0.2-0.6m; Wth 2.5m at S – 4.1m at W; ext. H 0.3-0.5m) which has a spine of dense stony material, and possible small inner revetting stones at S (ext. diam. 29m E-W; 27.5m N-S). An entrance gap (Wth 3.3m) at ESE is flanked on its S side by a single revetting stone on the inner face of the bank. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 23 July 2012

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices of the period. Its prominent location suggests ritual or ceremonial significance within the landscape.

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