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Barrow in Coolfune

Barrow, ring-barrow

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On flat pasture 240m S of the townland boundary with Glenogra. Moated site (LI031-042----) 360m to ESE and enclosure (LI031-202---) 60m to SSW. The site is not depicted on OSi historic maps. The ring-barrow is faintly visible on the OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013.…

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On flat pasture 240m S of the townland boundary with Glenogra. Moated site (LI031-042----) 360m to ESE and enclosure (LI031-202---) 60m to SSW. The site is not depicted on OSi historic maps. The ring-barrow is faintly visible on the OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 65: AP 4/3598) as a ring-barrow (ext. dims. c. 6m). The ring barrow is not identifiable on Google Earth orthoimages including the most recent taken 25/03/2017 and 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 65 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 19 October 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI031-201

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