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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

A river flows roughly E-W c. 110m to the S and another flows roughly N-S c. 230m to the E, in reclaimed pasture. A circular enclosure (overall diam. c. 9m), defined by a fosse, visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth satellite imagery, 20 January 2020), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There is an enclosure (TS058-085----) c. 430m to the E. See attached: TS058-094----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 20 January 2020) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 7 January 2022
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its circular enclosure and fosse suggest a ceremonial or funerary function, typical of burial monuments from this period in Ireland.

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