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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In wet pasture, one of a group of three barrows (LI049-029002/004-). Not marked on OSi 6-inch maps. Potential barrow identified as a circular cropmark on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000; 2579, Site 247) taken 03/11/1984. Faint trace of circular cropmark (diam. c. 4.75m) visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12. Cropmark clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/03/2018. See attached BGE aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 14 September 2021
A Bronze Age ditch barrow; part of a small barrow group. Its presence indicates prehistoric settlement and funerary activity in the Mitchelstowndown East area.

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