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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In rough pasture overlooked by a hillock to the NE and c. 25m S of a stream. Hachured on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. A central mound (diam. 22m; H 0.4m) is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 3-5m) and a round-topped earthen bank (Wth 5-8m; ext. H 0.35-0.6m). A lowering of the bank at SSW appear to be modern. The interior is covered in rushes. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 15 August 2023
A Neolithic ring-barrow, c. 2500–2000 BCE, characterized by a central mound within a ditch and bank. Such monuments are significant as early funerary and ceremonial structures in the Irish landscape.

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Recorded monument

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