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Barrow

Barrow, stepped barrow

What is recorded here

On a short E-facing pasture slope at the N foot of Knockaillinne and overlooked by Dun Aillinne (KD028-038----) c. 630m to the S. A low, partially dug-out, circular area (diam. 18m; H above external ground level 0.6-1.6m) is girdled by a broad berm (Wth 2.9-3.1m) SW-N-SE, which is heavily poached at W, and by a wide outer fosse (Wth at base 1.5m at S-2.4m at N; Wth at ground surface 7.8m at E-8.6m at S; overall diam. of monument 44.4m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18 February 2013
Stepped barrow; likely dates to the Early Bronze Age. Its stepped construction is characteristic of funerary mounds in Atlantic Europe, reflecting early ceremonial burial practices.

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