Barrow - pond barrow

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the N edge of a col between Cnoiceen Hill to the SW and the Monavullagh Mountains to the E. This is a circular dished grass-covered area (diam. 24.5m) with some heather and ferns defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.2-4.3m; int. H 0.3-05m; max. ext. ext. H 0.3-0.5m but 1.3m at N) S-N-SE, which is reduced to a scarp down to the interior SE-S. A gap at SW (Wth 0.7m) may be original but a gap at NE (Wth 4.5m) is not. (Moore 1995, 210, 213, 220-23, 243, Q3)

This monument forms part of the national monument complex at Coumaraglinmountain (National Monuments (Preservation) Order No. 4 of 1996).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 29 April 2011

References

Moore, M. 1995 A bronze age settlement and ritual centre in the Monavullagh mountains, county Waterford, Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 61, 191-243.