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Barrow

Barrow, mound barrow

What is recorded here

Situated on a hillock (558ft/170m OD), in undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Not depicted as an antiquity on any edition of the OS historic mapping, but is marked as an OS trig. point marking the spot height of 558 ft. OD. Monument described in 1977 as a very small, low mound (diam. 5m) of earth and stone. The sides and a portion of the top (H 1.5-1.75m) have been cut away by digging and ploughing. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 27 August 2019
A Bronze Age mound barrow; likely a funerary monument dating to the first millennium BCE. Its location on a prominent hillock suggests it was deliberately sited for visibility and ceremonial significance.

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What survives
Recorded monument

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