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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, in E quadrant of a group of fourteen barrows (LI041-032001/013-). Enclosure (LI041-031----) lies 250m to the SW and a barrow cemetery (LI049-072001/026-) lies to the S and SSW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified in 1936 during a survey of the area undertaken by Ó Ríordáin (1936, 175). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Faint outline of possible ditch barrow visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 14/09/2021 and 18/11/2018. See attached plan of survey from Ó Ríordáin (1936) and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 26 July 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It is part of a significant barrow group, indicating a broader ritual or funerary landscape.

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