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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

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In gently undulating wet pasture. One of a cluster of 5 barrows. Ring-barrows (TS065-009001-; TS065-009002-; TS065-009004) are located 38m to the SSE, c. 65m to the SE and 15m to the NNE respectively and a ditch barrow (TS065-009005-) is located 26m to the WSW. Identified on aerial photographs (Ordnance Survey 2404/3; Bruff 2080). Circular area (diam. 5m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (Wth 0.7m; H 0.05m) with a shallow fosse (Wth at base 0.6m) and an external low broad earthen bank (int. H 0.05m; overall Wth 6m). The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 May 2014
A Neolithic ring-barrow, c. 2500–2000 BCE, part of a small barrow group, reflecting early communal burial practices and landscape organisation in the Irish Neolithic.

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