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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In improved, wet pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 4.75m N-S; 5.25m E-W) defined by fosse (overall Wth 1.7m; D 0.1m) W-NE which is best defined (overall Wth 2.4m; basal Wth 1.1m; D 0.1m) NE-W. Remains of levelled outer bank (Wth 3.5-4.45m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.1-0.15m). Interior is level. Tertiary road is 40m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. This type of monument is significant as it represents early funerary practices and social organisation in prehistoric Ireland.

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Recorded monument

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