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Barrow

Barrow, unclassified

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In reclaimed pasture 85m S of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. One of 36 possible barrows (LI049-001008/041/043/044-) within an area measuring c. 250m N-S x c. 450m E-W. A group of seven possible barrows (LI049-001001/007-) lies 190m to W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a barrow on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph (BGE 2573; Site No. 289) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages where a farm track running N-S is located to immediate W. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 15 September 2021
A Bronze Age barrow; part of a dense cluster of possible barrows indicating a significant funerary and ritual landscape.

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