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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In improved, gently undulating pasture. Circular area (dims. 4.8m N-S; 4.2m E-W) defined by fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.1m) and remains of an outer bank (Wth 2.35m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.14m) SE-NW. Interior is slightly lower (0.04m) than exterior ground level. Wet rushy area to SE appears to be an old water channel. Land across this area has been sculpted in past by water activity and subsequently drained. Identified on an aerial photograph as a ring-ditch (OS 2435/4). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, characterized by a fosse and partial outer bank. Such monuments are significant as they represent early funerary and ceremonial earthworks associated with burial practices in prehistoric Ireland.

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Recorded monument

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