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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

On undulating pasture facing SW 15m NE of the townland boundary with Rootiagh. The ring-barrow (LI023-236003-) is one of five ring-barrows (LI023-236001/005-). The ring-barrows (LI023-236001/005-) form a linear cluster of sites c. 6m apart, roughly orientated in a NW-SE alignment. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps but is faintly visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 23703; AP 4/3634) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 5.5m). Visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017, the vegetation cover was more dense on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 23703 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 3 September 2020
Ring-barrow, Bronze Age. Part of a linear cluster of five ring-barrows, indicating a significant ceremonial or funerary landscape.

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