Earthwork

The National Monuments Service's description

On an elevated area of blanket bog, in the Slievefelim Mountains. Annotated 'Poulastanna' on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map which O'Donovan interpreted as the 'hole or pit of the stan or barrell, known locally as 'The Cask Hole' (OSNB Doon Parish, 604). Described in 1840 as following; 'This hole, which is thought to be a Danish stucture, is about 14 feet [4.26m] deep and 8 feet [2.4m] wide. It is circular, and made of stones. It is on a heathy mountain (ibid.). Depicted on the revised 1903 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped feature (approx. dims. 15m N-S x 10m E-W), depicted a depression or hollow in the landscape rather than an extant monument. Visible as an oval-shaped area of differential growth on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. May be just a natural or geological feature with no archaeological significance. Alternatively could be the remains of a pond-barrow which became an important landmark in the locality.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 3 July 2020

References

OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.