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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

On a slight W-facing slope on a small NE-SW ridge in pasture with good views in all directions. A slightly dished subcircular area (12.35m N-S; 13.4m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 1.45-2.8m; H 0.2-0.4m) and a shallow fosse (Wth 1.75-2.8m; D 0.1m ) (max. dims. N-S 22m; E-W 20.85m). No evident entrance. Identified by Emmet Byrnes, Forest Service. Another barrow (CL008-118----) and a mound (CL008-117----) are visible on another ridge c. 300m to the NW. The following images have been uploaded: CL008-137----_01.jpg View of barrow from N. CL008-137----_02.jpg View upslope from W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 August 2019
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare and well-preserved burial monument of the early to middle Neolithic period.

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