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Barrow

Barrow, mound barrow

What is recorded here

Situated on top of a small ridge running N-S, in pasture, with good views in all directions. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). Monument described in 1978 as a small roughly circular-shaped sod-covered mound (diam. 8m) of earth and small stones. The top of the mound is uneven and there is a slight depression in the centre. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 04 November 2019
A Neolithic mound barrow, dating to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Its depiction on an 18th-century map and continued visibility into the 20th century indicate its relative preservation and local prominence as a prehistoric funerary monument.

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