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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow
Barrow
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In pasture, 140m of townland boundary with Duntryleague. Located within a field system (LI049-048001-), in E quadrant of a group of monuments (LI049-048002/004-), possible barrow (LI049-051----) lies 75m to the E. Not marked on OSi 6-inch maps. Possible barrow identified as a circular cropmark on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2582, Site 049217) taken 03/11/1984. Monument visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 5m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Faint trace visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached BGE aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 21 September 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location within a field system and proximity to other monuments suggests it is part of a broader ritual or funerary landscape.

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