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Barrow

Barrow, bowl-barrow
Barrow
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In low-lying, wet level pasture, with restricted views in all directions. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a circular-shaped flat-topped mound (diam. 9.8m; H 1m) enclosed by a broad, shallow, waterlogged fosse (overall Wth 14.2m; base Wth 11m; D 0.3m). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 August 2020
Bowl barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1500 BCE). These monuments are significant as some of the earliest known funerary structures in the Irish landscape, often associated with elite burial practices.

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