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Barrow

Barrow, pond barrow
Barrow
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On a gentle NE-facing slope, c. 55m to the NE of a standing stone (LF011-010----). A stone circle (LF011-007----) is c. 840m to the WNW. A concave, circular area (base diam. 12m; max. diam. 30.9m) enclosed by a wide and much-denuded, low bank of earth and stone (base Wth 13.4m; top Wth 7m; H 0.2m) with a wide, shallow, external fosse (base Wth 6m; top Wth 19.3m; D 0.25m). The surface of the concave area is between 0.25m (NNE) and 1.3m (SSE) below the external ground level and is similar morphologically to the possible pond-barrow (LF010-073----) at Ballybrien.Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 14 November 2011
A Neolithic pond barrow; its construction dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–3000 BCE). These rare monument types are significant for their association with early ceremonial or funerary practices and the landscape modification involved in their creation.

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