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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In grassland, immediately E of the townland boundary with Castledermot and S of the Lerr River. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 12m) defined by a ditch with low external bank visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 22/03/2011 and 05/11/2011. Cropmark clearly visible on Digital Globe orthoimage take 2005-12. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Seán Sourke Date of upload: 11 December 2020
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its circular ditch and external bank suggest a funerary monument of regional significance, typical of burial practices in the Irish lowlands during the second millennium BCE.

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Recorded monument

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