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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In marshy grassland, c. 15m to the S of a stream. This subcircular ring-barrow (37m N-S; 35.5m E-W) is definded by a low flat-topped earthen mound (diam. 14.5m; H 0.2-0.5m) which is encircled by a fosse and external bank. Four trackways cut across the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 August 2019
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, characterized by a subcircular earthen mound encircled by a fosse and external bank. Such monuments are significant as they represent early forms of burial and ceremonial earthworks in the Irish landscape.

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Recorded monument

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