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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In very gently undulating pasture. Monument identified during ASI fieldwork. A circular area (dims. 4.5m N-S; 3.75m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.15m) amd the remains of an outer bank (overall Wth 2.5m; Wth at top 1.25m; int. H 0.05m; ext. H 0.07m) SSE-SW and W-NE. The interior is level and monument is incorporated into the rest of the field as pasture. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 October 2013
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of monument is significant as it reflects early funerary practices and social structures in prehistoric Ireland.

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Recorded monument

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