What is recorded here
Situated on a slight rise and disturbed by the insertion of two military pill-boxes. A circular area (diam. 28m) is enclosed by a fosse and an external bank (overall diam. 42m), and there is an entrance at the E. (O'Riordáin 1950, 276: Site B1; scaled section NE-SW Plate XXVII)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A Neolithic ring-barrow or early Bronze Age circular barrow; its significance lies in its construction as a defensive or ceremonial earthwork, typical of the broader Megalithic tradition in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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