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Barrow

Barrow, pond barrow

What is recorded here

In improved pasture, on a low rise. Monument identified during ASI fieldwork. A sunken, circular area (dims. 14m NNW-SSE; 13m ENE-WSW) defined by scarp (Wth 1.5m; H 0.15m) SSW-NE, low bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.17m) NE-ENE and WSW-WNW; Levelled ESE-SSW. The interior has a prevalent SSE-facing slope and the NE quadrant is higher than the rest of the interior. Enclosure (TS059-079----) is c. 42m NNW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 October 2013
Pond barrow, dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of monument is significant as an early form of burial and ceremonial landscape feature in Ireland.

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