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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In pasture, 105m E of townland boundary with Mitchelstown East, Barrows (LI049-227/228----) lie 60m to the W and S respectively Not marked on OSi 6-inch maps. Possible ditch-barrow identified as a circular shaped cropmark on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000; 2580, Site 231) taken 03/11/1984. Monument visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 5m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 20011-13 and clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage date 18/11/2018. See attached BGE aerial photographsand Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 15 September 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence indicates a local funerary tradition and contributes to understanding burial practices in the region.

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