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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow
Barrow
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In pasture, on N-facing slope, 87m SE of Reask River which marks townland boundary with Brackyle and 105m E of townland boundary with Knockballyfookeen. A possible enclosure (LI024-170----) lies 70m to NE, three barrows (LI024-058001/002-; LI024-292----/293----), enclosure (LI024-058004-) and earthwork (LI024-058002-) lie 264m to SE. The westernmost ring-barrow of a cluster of five ring-barrows (LI024-171002-/005-). Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 106 (1); AP 4/3676) as a small circular cropmark of a possible ring-barrow. Faint trace of cropmark visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012, not visible on the Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 106(1) Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 22 July 2020
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its location among multiple barrows suggests a ceremonial or burial landscape of regional significance.

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