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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In wet pasture 220m E of the townland boundary with Ballynagreanagh. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 95; AP 4/3616) as a ring-barrow. Visible as circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 8.5m) on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. See attached photocopy of Bruff aerial image labelled Bruff 95 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 7 April 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its identification from aerial photography highlights the importance of such surveys in uncovering buried or eroded archaeological features.

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