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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

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The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Swan (JRSAI 1978, 52, fig. 22, site 5) identified circular area defined by slight depression (diam. c. 14m). Not preceptible on ground.
A Neolithic ring-barrow; likely dates to the Early Bronze Age. Its location near the Hill of Tara suggests potential ceremonial or elite burial significance in the broader Brú na Bóinne landscape.

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