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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In improved pasture. Circular sunken area (dims. 5.4m NNW-SSE; 5.2m ENE-WSW) defined by fosse (overall Wth 1.9m; basal Wth 0.3m; D 0.15m) NNW-S and disturbed by levelled field boundary (long axis NNW-SSE) to W. Ditch-barrow (TS060-20 NEW) is c. 90m to W. A third depression to NW may represent a poorly preserved ditch-barrow as according to local information, clay was dumped into it. Enclosure (TS060-020----) is c. 20m to W. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its circular fosse and sunken area suggest a funerary or ceremonial function, typical of burial monuments in the Irish landscape during this period.

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