
What is recorded here
Barrow is a partially levelled earthen mound in County Cork, Ireland, measuring 13m N-S and 17m E-W. It sits on a north-facing slope among four tumuli near a burial ground and cist. The mound has been reduced by tillage, but its circular shape and association with death remain clear.
In tillage, on N-facing slope. One of a group of four tumuli (11819, 11821, 11822) in field to S of burial ground (14062) and cist (11935). Roughly circular earthen mound (13m N-S; 17m E-W; H 1.82m); partially levelled.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Mound barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It is part of a small burial group, indicating a local tradition of communal or related burials in the landscape.
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