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Barrow in Ballyhimock

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In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Subcircular area (11.4m E-W; 14m N-S) enclosed by shallow fosse with low external bank (int. H 0.18m; ext. H 0.5m); entire site (22.4m E-W; 26.4m N-S) raised slightly above field level (H 0.5m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO026-048

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