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Barrow in Pollardstown

Barrow, ring-barrow
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In level pasture in an area of extensive sand and gravel pits. Visible on a 2009 Google earth image as the cropmark of a fosse enclosing a circular area (estimated diameter c. 18m), possibly a ringbarrow (pers. comm. D. Brennan, 30-03-2015).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD023-124

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  • Anna Watson, Wikimedia Commons
  • JNC Premier Pitches, contractor and source; individual aerial photographer not stated, www.linkedin.com
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  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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