Barrow

Surveyed in 2012 and described by McGuinness (2012, 35-6) as following: ‘Steep-sided, roughly circular earthen and stone mound (Diam. 11m N-S x 11m E-W) with domed or slightly pointed profile, up to 2.2m high at highest, ENE side. Mound composed of large amounts of stone mixed with earth, but this is not a cairn per se, as some thick (c. 0.4m) layers of soil are exposed where cattle have eroded edge of mound on E side. There are very faint traces of what may be a broad, shallow ditch around base of mound on SE side. Mound is situated in low-lying pastureland c. 300m W of shore of Lough Owel. It has not been positioned on highest local elevation: there is a more prominent rise to SSW in same field and a N-S running ridge immediately NE of mound. Knockdrin (WM012-183----) is visible to E and Frewin Hill (WM011-133----) would he visible to W if there were no trees to obstruct the view. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 22 April 2016

Bowl barrow, dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1500 BCE). These burial mounds are significant as they represent some of the earliest monumental funerary structures in the British Isles, often associated with elite burials and ritual practices.