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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

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 Circular area with surrounding ditch and outer bank (diam. 33m) (JRSAI 1978, 52, fig. 22, site 3). Barely perceptible on ground.
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a funerary monument associated with the broader Tara landscape, which was a key ceremonial and political centre in ancient Ireland.

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Recorded monument

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