Barrow - ring-barrow

The National Monuments Service's description

In rough pasture near the top of a SW-facing slope, overlooking a valley to the S. Listed as ‘Potential site (air photo)’ in the RMP (1996). On inspection it proved to be a ring-barrow defined by an uneven subcircular central platform (11.3m NE–SW; 10.1m NW–SE; H 0.3–0.5m) surrounded by a fosse (Wth 4.7–5.7m; D 0.3m–0.5m), and the remains of an outer bank (Wth 3.3m; H 0.3m) from W to NW. From S to W the fosse and outer bank are cut by a drainage ditch and field bank; elsewhere no entrance or causeway are visible. The interior slopes down from the NE to SW. There is a small grass-covered mound or rise (H 0.2m) in the N part of the interior, which may be a pre-modern spoil heap.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 21 October 2021

References

Record of Monuments and Places as established under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, County Clare. Issued by National Monuments and Historic Properties Service 1996. Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands.