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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

Abutting a ditch barrow (TS066-082----) immediately to the NE. A circular area (dims. 6.75m N-S; 6.5m E-W) defined by the remains of a shallow fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.08m). The interior is the same level as the external ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A Neolithic ditch barrow; its construction dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). This type of monument is significant as it represents an early form of ceremonial or funerary earthwork, often associated with burial practices and communal ritual activity in prehistoric Ireland.

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Recorded monument

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