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Bull Ring

Barrow, ring-barrow
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National Monument No. 532. In pasture on top of Clonin Hill with extensive views of the surrounding countryside. Impressive view of burial mound (OF010-004001-) on top of Croghan Hill 4.5km to W. Smaller ring-barrow (OF011-001002-) now levelled located c. 20 metres to NW. Circular flat topped mound (diam. 46.6m; H 2.5m - 0.5m) enclosed by inner fosse (Wth 2m) with external bank (Wth 5.3m; H 0.3m) intersected by stone wall/field boundary at W. Natural rock outcrop with decorated surface known locally as a mass-rock (OF011-001001-) protrudes from the surface of the fosse at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF011-001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Sarah777 at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Kenneth Gallery Smyth, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Douglas P. Bermingham, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Robin Pollard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
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Explorer Tom Mass-rock in Clonin has horseshoe shapes carved into it, probably by a very confused horse. It sits on top of a ring-barrow, looking down on the whole valley like a boss. Have a wander and a wonder.

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