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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, 70m E of the townland boundary with Knockainey. One of a group of 3 possible ditch-barrows, (LI040-189001/002-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible barrow by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 56; AP 5/2072). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage take between 2011-13. Possible trace of monument visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 4m) intersected at E by a trackway running N-S, on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 56 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 5 July 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its identification from aerial photographs highlights the importance of such methods in uncovering unrecorded prehistoric monuments.

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