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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

Situated in pasture, 280m NW of the N shoreline of Lough Derravaragh. Cropmark of a small circular-shaped area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a ditch is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Possible cropmark of a ditch-barrow. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Johnny Ryan, Archaeologist, Forestry Inspectorate (Forest Service), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Date of upload: 8 Match 2023
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence indicates a tradition of burial and ceremonial landscape use in the Lough Derravaragh area.

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