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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

Situated on level summit of a low elongated E-W orientated hillock, in pasture, 20m to the WSW of a ringbarrow (SL015-047001-). Circular area (diam. 6m) defined by an earthen scarp (ext. H 0.15). At the external foot of the scarp is a fosse (Wth 1.5m). From NW-NE and SSE-SSW the fosse is infilled and barely visible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011
A Neolithic ditch barrow, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its association with a ringbarrow suggests it is part of a broader funerary landscape, reflecting early communal burial practices in the region.

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