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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In wet pasture, in the NE quadrant of a group of monuments (LI049-027001/009-), earthwork (LI049-027007-) lies 15m to the W. Not marked on OSi 6-inch maps. Potential earthwork identified as a rectangular cropmark on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000; 2779, Site 241) taken 03/11/1984. Possible faint trace visible of ditch-barrow on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached BGE aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 13 September 2021
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its significance lies in its potential association with a broader ceremonial or funerary landscape indicated by nearby earthworks and cropmarks.

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