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Barrow

Barrow, mound barrow

What is recorded here

Situated about 150m S of the site of a standing stone (WI027-009----), on a gentle NW-facing slope. Low circular mound (diam. 19m; H 0.45m), in which a cist containing an inhumation was found in the mid 1920s. (Price 1934, 46-7) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Mound barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in the presence of a cist burial, indicating early funerary practices in the region.

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