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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

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On the Rathcroghan plateau, c. 60m SE of Rathcroghan mound (RO022-057010-) and within the ceremonial enclosure (RO022-056012-). It is also on the line of the roadway (RO022-057021-). Known only from aerial photographs and described as c. 6-7m in diameter (Waddell, 1983, 29, No. 7). Ring-barrow (RO022-057015-) is just to the W, and barrow (RO022-056019-) is c. 40m to the S. It is not visible at ground level. (Herity 1983, 130; 1988, 131, Glenballythomas 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It is part of the significant Rathcroghan complex, an important ceremonial and political landscape in early Irish history.

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