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Barrow in Smarmore

Barrow, ring-barrow
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Situated at W end of a high E-W ridge. Circular, level area (diam. 14m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 3.7m, D 0.3m) and external bank (Wth 6.4m, H 0.3m). The monument, though much degraded, is clearly a ring-barrow.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH017-073

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Photo credits
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.buildingsofireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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