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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow
Barrow
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In level pasture. Circular area (9m NNE-SSW; 8.8m NNW-SSE) enclosed by fosse (D 0.4m); external bank (H 0.2m) SW->SSW. Entrance with causeway (Wth 2m) across fosse to SSW. Field clearance stones scattered across site. (CASAP) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, characterized by its circular fosse and external bank with a causewayed entrance. Such monuments are significant as they represent early funerary and ceremonial earthworks in the landscape.

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