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Barrow in Caherelly West

Barrow, ring-barrow

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In pasture, on ENE-facing slope. Caherelly Castle (LI023-083----) 60m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Grogan (1989 Vol. 2, 221) as a ring-barrow (Caherelly West No. 1). Recorded by the ASI in 2007 and described as no surface remains visible. Levelled monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI023-106

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Martin Richard Phelan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • deiseal, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Dylan Moore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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