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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, 40m W of a stream and 90m N of townland boundary with Garrison. Ring-barrow (LI024-174002-) lies 40m to NE and ring-barrow (LI24-174004-) lies 40m to E. Not depicted on OS historical mapping. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 82; AP 4/3678) as a small circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 6m). Outline of possible ditch-barrow visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-2013 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff Survey aerial image labelled Bruff 82 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 24 July 2020
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location among other barrows suggests it is part of a broader funerary landscape, indicating communal burial practices of the period.

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