What is recorded here
A slightly dished, circular area (diam. 17m) is enclosed by a well-defined, flat-bottomed fosse and a low external bank (overall diam. 25m). Extensively disturbed by military trenches at the W and N. (O'Riordáin 1950, 275: Site H; scaled section NW-SE Plate XXVII)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A Neolithic ringbarrow; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Its construction and enclosure features suggest ritual or funerary significance, typical of ceremonial sites in the Irish lowlands.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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