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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In rough wet pasture, 85m W of townland boundary with Ballybeg, W of a group of barrows (LI040-049001; LI040-049003-/007-; LI040-049009-/011-) and enclosure (LI040-049008-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Possible site (Site No. 040256) identified during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/50000 2550) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline as a small circular cropmark. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph from Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline (No. 040256) and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 6 May 2021
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its location among a group of barrows suggests a ceremonial or funerary landscape of regional significance.

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