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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In low-lying pasture cut by land drains and watercourses , 110m NW of a townland boundary with Garrison. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. One of a cluster of three ring-barrows (LI024-252/253/254----). Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 159.1: AP 4/3678). Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2015 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 159.1. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 8 October 2020
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It is part of a small group of barrows, suggesting a local burial tradition or cemetery, though its wider archaeological context remains poorly documented.

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