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Visible on aerial photographs (ACAP, V 300 736-7) as an embanked enclosure. The area surrounding the site is planted with young trees and is impenetrable with scrub, briars and gorse.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Situated in coniferous plantation on a low rise of ground on SE facing slope of poorly drained land in the Slieve Bloom mountains. Present remains consist of a large round-topped oval-shaped burial mound (approx. base dims. 10m x 16m; H 1.5-2.2m) enclosed around the base of the mound with an external fosse (Wth2m; ext. D 0.4m) which is waterlogged in places. Located in an area of coniferous plantation with a drainage ditch associated with the forestry running across the centre of the bowl barrow. No other features visible.
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