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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In pasture, 45m E of townland boundary with Ballycahill and 95m W of townland boundary with Knocklong, an earthwork (LI040-227----) lies 225m to the SE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 144; AP 5/2124) as a circular cropmark of a possible barrow. Monument visible as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 4m) defined by a fosse on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019. See attached Bruff aerial photograph marked 144 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 6 July 2021
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its presence indicates a tradition of burial mound construction in the region.

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