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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In level pasture, on top of low lying natural rise. Circular area (7.8m NE-SW; c. 6.5m NW-SE) defined by shallow fosse (max. total Wth 2.7m; max. basal Wth 0.5m; D 0.1m), with traces of an external bank (basal Wth 2.25; overall Wth 4.9m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.2m) NW-SW. Monument truncated by lazy beds (long-axis c. N-S) and is levelled in W-sector. Ring-barrow (LI023-092001-) is c. 90m to NW, ring-barrow (LI023-092002-) is c. 150m to N and ring-barrow (LI023-092003-) is c. 100m to N. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 19 November 2013
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of burial monument is significant as it reflects early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Ireland.

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Recorded monument

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