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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In rough, wet, water-shaped pasture, 85m E of a townland boundary with Tonteere and 75m S of a watercourse. Ring-barrows (LI023-325/213----) lie 11m to W and 25m to SW, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small, circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 234.3: AP 4/3664). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 11m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, however is not visible on Digital Globe orthoimage 201-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 234.3. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 September 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow; part of a broader funerary landscape. Its location and association with other ring-barrow monuments suggest communal burial practices in the early agricultural period.

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