Barrow - ring-barrow

The National Monuments Service's description

In a thicket of blackthorn and hazel in a pasture field, crowning the narrow top of a NW–SE rise/small ridge in an area of undulating terrain. Ground falls away for 100m to S–SW toward the meandering Trimoge River, with a bend in the river just to NW. Views are generally not extensive but a break in the encircling ridges opens a distant view to NW of Nephin Mountain and the Nephin Beg Range. This is one of three ringbarrows in a close-set NW–SE row on the ridge top; a second ringbarrow (MA071-101001-) is 5m to NW and a third (MA071-101002-) lies immediately to NW of the second.
This barrow is indicated on the 1838 and 1931 OS 6-inch maps. A low, central circular platform (diam. 5.4m; H 0.25m) is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 1.5-1.7m) with an external bank (Wth 2-2.3m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.55-0.6m), outside which is a second fosse (Wth W 1.9m; D 0.2m), with possible traces at NNE of an external bank.
The central platform is low but well defined. Both fosses are shallow and the intervening bank of earth and stone is compact and well defined. There is a break (Wth 1.4m) in the outermost bank at NNE.
Overgrowth obscures the S half of the barrow. A field ditch and field fence on a NNE-SSW axis lies immediately to SE.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 19 August 2021