Earthwork

The National Monuments Service's description

In lowlying pasture reclaimed from bog, on slight rise. The confluence of the Black River and the Srafaungal River is located c. 300m to S, and the larger Brusna River is 550m to W.
This enclosure is not shown on the 1837-8 OS 6-inch map. It is depicted on the 25-inch plan and on the 1922 OS 6-inch map as a small central hachured area encircled by a double ring of hachuring (overall diam. c. 20m): this would be suggestive of a ringbarrow. It was recorded in OPW field notes (1958) as an ‘old house or byre, partly stone, partly turf, with a collapsed bank all around’. It was deemed to be of no archaeological interest and permission was given to the landowner to reclaim the land. According to local information, in the centre of the circular area, which was defined by a bank, there was a circular rise (diam. c. 5-7m), domed in profile –a description which appears to tally with its depiction on the 25-inch plan. When inspected in 1995, the location consisted of a pasture field with no visible remains of an archaeological monument. A house now stands on the location.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 4 July 2018