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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In pasture, on a gentle E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (dims. c. 9m N-S; c. 8m E-W) defined by gentle scarp (H 0.55m; Wth 1.5m at N; Wth 2m at E). Mound is flat topped and tending downslope to E. External fosse (Wth 5.3m; D 0.45m) visible NW-N-ENE. Established hedgerow field boundary truncates S sector slightly and electric fence crosses W sector. Curvilinear depression E-SE-S extends from base of mound at ENE. Ringfort (TS068-038----) c. 135m to NE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). This type of monument represents an early form of burial mound construction in Ireland, often associated with elite or significant burials and reflecting early social stratification.

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