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Barrow

Barrow, bowl-barrow
Barrow
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In reclaimed pasture 90m N of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Garrynderk North. Castle (LI047-039----) lies 160m to SE. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a small circular-shaped mound (diam. c. 12m) defined by a fosse with traces of an external bank from SW-W-NW, reduced to a scarp elsewhere. Intersected at S by drainage ditch running NW-SE. Outline of tree-covered mound with fosse and traces of an external bank are visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 16/03/2016. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 13 August 2021
Bowl barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its survival and depiction on the 1897 Ordnance Survey map indicate its relative preservation and local archaeological significance.

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