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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture 50m E of a local road. One of 13 barrows (LI040-070001/013-) recorded within an area measuring 200m N-S x 250m E-W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by the Discovery Programme as a potential barrow on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2557; Site No. 5) taken 03/11/1984. Visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 9m) on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photographs and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 26 May 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). It is part of a significant cluster of 13 barrows, indicating a major funerary or ritual landscape in the Gormanstown area.

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