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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In pasture, 105m W of townland boundary with Knockaunacurragha. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Possible ditch-barrow identified as a circular-shaped cropmark, transected at S by a field boundary running E-W, on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/10,560; 0119) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bórd Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 1 November 2021
A possible Neolithic ditch barrow; its significance lies in its potential contribution to understanding early funerary practices and landscape use in the region.

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