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Cottian Burial Mound

Burial ground
Cottian Burial Mound
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Marked as a 'Burial Ground' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. An almost totally grassed-over flattish mound of stones, which is about .3m in height on the N and about lm in height on the S or downhill side. A slightly raised perimeter in places suggests the former existence of an enclosing wall. A low…

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Marked as a 'Burial Ground' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. An almost totally grassed-over flattish mound of stones, which is about .3m in height on the N and about lm in height on the S or downhill side. A slightly raised perimeter in places suggests the former existence of an enclosing wall. A low line of stones forms an apparently modern wall running NW-SE across the end of the site. Sited in good land on a slight N-S downwards slope. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG044-019

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Chris Gunns, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Percita at Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Chris Gunns, Wikimedia Commons
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.co.za
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  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
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  • Steven Brown, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Donegal Live; individual photographer not named, www.donegallive.ie
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