Barrow in Clooncrippa, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In level marshy terrain, on the S side of a stream. A circular area (diam. 14m) enclosed by a fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 7.4m) with an external bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m) and an external fosse (D 0.35m; Wth 5m). There are opposite gaps in the bank at E (Wth 8m) and at W (Wth 6m). The entire site is covered by tall marshy vegetation except for the level interior which is dry and under grass.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI045-021

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