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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In low-lying wet pasture, 220m E of townland boundary with Ballinroche East, ring- arrows (LI022-149/150----) lie 160m to SE and enclosure (LI022-007----) lies 140m to E. Identified from an examination of 1:5000 aerial photographs (BGE No. 3224; Site No. 022195) taken 03/11/1984 associated with the Bord Gáis Éireann Cork-Dublin gas pipeline. No surface remains visible. Site not visible on OSi orthophotos or Digital Globe imagery. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photo (BGE No. 3224) with site labelled 022195 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/04/2006 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 14 August 2020
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices in the Irish landscape; its location near other prehistoric monuments suggests a broader ritual or funerary landscape.

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