What is recorded here
Barrow is a barrow (ditch barrow) in Ballynacree, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a level wet pasture 16 metres north-northeast of another ditch barrow and 70 metres south-west of a ringfort. A very slight ditch, one metre wide and five centimetres deep, marks the boundary of the circular ten-metre area. The interior remains level and clear of overgrowth.
In level wet pasture with a ditch-barrow (TS058-043002-) located 16m to the NNE and ringfort (TS058-043----) 70m to the SW. Circular area (diam. 10m) defined by a very slight fosse (overall Wth 1m; D 0.05m). The interior is level and clear of overgrowth.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence alongside a nearby ringfort suggests a possible ritual or funerary landscape of significance in the local prehistoric settlement pattern.
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