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Barrow

Barrow, bowl-barrow
Barrow
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On a NE-facing slope in pasture. A circular, steep-sided mound of earth and stone (diam. at base c. 19.5m; H c. 3m) tapering to a point. It is encircled by traces of a levelled bank of earth and stone with a wide, deep, steep-sided, flat-bottomed internal fosse (Wth 5.5m; depth 1.4m). At NE the fosse has been largely infilled and the bank is missing. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Bowl barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It represents a significant burial monument type associated with early funerary practices in the region.

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