Mound

The National Monuments Service's description

On quite a steep E-facing slope at the SE end of a small N-S ridge, rising from a broad expanse of rolling and mostly reclaimed grassland. Very good views in all directions. One of three mounds located in the W quadrant of an enclosure (KK015-018001-). A roughly circular mound (diam. 7m; H c. 0.3-0.5m), 11m E of the W bank of the enclosure, and has a large sycamore tree growing on top. There are two oval mounds (KK015-018003-; KK015-018004-) c. 4m to the S and SE respectively. Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 273), mentions 'a low mound' in the interior, and rather fancifully describes it as 'probably the remains of an earthen citadel, but is now almost worn away by the tramping of cattle during the course of many centuries'. The date and function of these mounds is unknown. If the enclosing element is a ringfort then it is unlikely that the mounds are archaeological. However, if the enclosure is prehistoric in date, then it is possible that the mounds may be barrows.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 29 February 2016

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 5/1956).

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.