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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

On a raised area in flat pastureland. This roughly circular ring-barrow (diam. 52.7m), in fair condition, comprises a low flat-topped mound (diam. 43.4m) encircled by a fosse and external bank of earth and stone. There are two possible entrances in the bank, at N and S. Other ring-barrows (GA114-132----, GA114-134---- and GA114-135----) lies c. 80m to SSE, c. 200m to SW and c. 310m to the SSW respectively. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 August 2019
A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE, characterized by its circular mound and surrounding fosse. It represents an important type of early ceremonial and funerary monument in the Irish Neolithic landscape.

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Recorded monument

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