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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In a level field in reclaimed land surrounded on all sides by marshy ground. A low central mound (diam. 4m; H 0.3m) enclosed by a shallow fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m) and external bank (Wth 2m; H 0.3m). The monument has been truncated by a modern field drain from E to S. Immediately to the SW of the monument are traces of a field bank (KK015-056002-). A fulacht fiadh (KK015-056001-) is 10m to the WSW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 January 2013
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare surviving example of early funerary monument construction in the region.

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What survives
Recorded monument

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