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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

On a slight rise in pasture. Circular mound (6.4m N-S; 5.7m E-W), enclosed by fosse (D 0.45m), with external earthen bank (H 0.5m). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 47. Date of upload: 22 November 2013
Barrow, ring-barrow in Kilquire Lower is a Bronze Age ring barrow, characterized by a circular mound surrounded by a fosse and external bank. Such monuments are significant as they reflect early funerary practices and social structures in the British Isles during the Bronze Age.

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