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Barrow

Barrow, unclassified

What is recorded here

In rough pasture, 200m W of townland with Ballygreenan. One of a cluster of six barrows (LI039-044001/006-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Possible site (Site No. 039136) identified during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/50000 2543) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Trace of cropmark of small circular-shaped earthwork visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Google earth orthoimage. See attached aerial photograph from Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline (BGE 1/50000 2543). Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 6 April 2021
A Bronze Age barrow; part of a cluster indicating a significant burial or ritual landscape. Its discovery through aerial photography highlights the value of such methods in identifying unrecorded monuments.

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