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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

Located on a shelf towards the top of a NE-facing slope, and c. 50m NE of the hilltop enclosure (ME013-037----). This feature is not depicted on any map but is faintly visible on vertical aerial images (GSIAP: N 735, 736) from the 1970s and the field bank and townland boundary with Cereewood curves around the perimeter at SE. It is a sunken grass-covered area (diam. c. 42m) with a slight mound (diam. c. 20m; H 0.2m) at the centre that is surrounded by a wide fosse (Wth of top c. 10m; ext. D 0.4m). It has no external bank and an entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 8 August 2022
Ditch barrow; likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence suggests ritual or funerary activity in the landscape, though its wider significance remains unclear due to limited recorded context.

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