Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Barrow — ditch barrow in Knockainy West

Barrow — ditch barrow
View what I want to do
Barrow — ditch barrow in Knockainy West
Photo: Credit not shown in the picture search · Open the original picture · Rights wording not checked; contact us if this picture should be removed · Report the wrong picture · If this is your picture and you want it taken down, email me.
Know this place?

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, 55m E of townland boundary with Baggotstown East. A possible ditch-barrow (LI040-191----) lies 55m to the NW and an enclosure (LI040-240----) lies 90m to the SE. Identified as a circular cropmark of a possible barrow by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 57; AP 5/0272). Faint trace of cropmark (diam. c. 6m) visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012 and Digital Globe orthomage taken 2011-13. Outline of ditch-barrow clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 57 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 23 June 2021

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.