Barrow in Cooles, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Roughly depicted as circular area (diam. c. 18m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; hachured as raised circular area (diam. c. 20m) on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Raised circular area (23m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed by shallow fosse (D 0.26m); truncated by field fence on S side.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO006-042002

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