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Barrow in Ardkill

Barrow, ditch barrow
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Small circular-shaped earthwork located in field 130m W of Ardkill Church (KD008-009001-) and graveyard (KD008-009002-). Cropmark of small circular area (approx. diam. 10) defined by a fosse the outline of which is visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. The small size and form of the monument may suggest that this is the site of a small ditch barrow.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD008-044

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