Bishopsland

Nearest town:
Ballymore Eustace (1km WNW)
OS reference:
N933093
OS sheet:
56
Latitude:
53° 7' 34 N
Longitude:
6° 36' 21.85 W
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Image of Bishopsland (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

Looking almost due south over the central mound of this extremely difficult to photograph monument. The mother’s breasts are Slievecorragh and Church mountain.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jul 28, 2014

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Bishopsland

ryaner
ryaner Aug 13, 2014

My companion today was Ruth, a sometime or somewhat-interested megalithic explorer. This monument is on land that was formerly owned by her grandfather so it was a trip down memory lane to her childhood for her.

The monument sits north, high up on a ridge above the Liffey – there’s a lake down there now, made by the hydro-electric dam that is part of a scheme that includes another dam upstream that created the Poulaphuca reservoir.

The bank is very visible on the western side, about a metre high, but with parasitic beech trees adorning it. Yet again, as at many sites close by, Slievecorragh and Church mountain are the mother’s breasts, slightly east of south from here. The southern arc of the bank is flatter, barely visible in places, before re-appearing as we turn to the east and north.

The curious little domed mound is in the centre of the 35 metre diameter ring, but set in about 10 metres, about 8 or 9 metres diameter itself and about a metre and a half tall. There is a beech tree growing on its northern side.

The external ditch/fosse varies in depth around the bank, but is most profound on the northern arc where it is 1.3 metres from top of bank to bottom of ditch. There is an entrance feature here too.

There has been modern digging both on the southern side of the mound and in the south-eastern quadrant of the barrow between the bank and the mound. Overall, a very impressive monument, impressively set with extensive views to the south and west.

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