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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 17003: AP 4/3710.
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; it represents a type of burial monument associated with the initial spread of metallurgy and formalised burial practices in Ireland.

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