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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In improved pasture. Circular sunken area (dims. 5.2m N-S; 5m E-W) defined by fosse (overall Wth 2.5-3.15m; basal Wth 0.5-0.7m; D 0.15-0.25m). Interior is grass covered and level. Ditch-barrow (TS060-21 NEW) located c. 90m to NE and a depression is c. 100m to N and may represent a poorly preserved ditch-barrow as according to local information, clay was dumped into it. Enclosure (TS060-020----) is c. 12m to NE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of monument is significant as it represents an early form of burial and ceremonial earthwork in the Irish landscape.

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Recorded monument

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