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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In pasture, on level area of field, at base of a NE-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 5.5m N-S; 6m E-W) defined by low profile fosse (Wth 1.4m; D 0.05m). Interior level and is lower than exterior ground level. Identified on aerial photographs (OS 2396/7 and 2347/8) as a ring-ditch. Ditch-barrow (TS066-031002-) is c. 7m to WSW and ring-barrow (TS066-031----) is c. 73m to NW. Cork-Limerick Junction railway line is c. 50m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its typical construction of a circular fosse with an interior depression, reflecting early funerary practices in the region.

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