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Barrow

Barrow, bowl-barrow

What is recorded here

In ungrazed hay meadow, on a NE-facing slope. A bowl-barrow (TS063-014002-) is located c. 55m to SW, an earthwork (TS063-079----) c. 130m to the SW and a possible enclosure (TS063-080----) c. 90m to the SSW. The entrance avenue to Temple View House is c. 25m to SW. A well-preserved oval mound (dims. 12.5m NE-SW; 9.8m NW-SE) defined by steep sides (H 1.5m) to NW and SE and by more gradual slopes to NE and SW sides, which form its long axis. A mature lime tree grows on top of the mound and fabric of mound is exposed at SE due to root damage and probable livestock erosion. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 17 April 2012
Bowl barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1500 BCE). This type of monument is significant as a common form of burial and commemorative earthwork in prehistoric Ireland.

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Recorded monument

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