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Flat Rath

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

A circular area enclosed by a very shallow fosse, with faint traces of an external bank (overall diam. c. 40m). A very distinct cropmark of a fosse is visible on aerial photographs (GSI N 340, 341), but these show no causeway or entrance feature. (O'Riordáin 1950, 276: Site A1; scaled section N-S Plate XXVII) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A Neolithic ringbarrow or flat-topped passage tomb; likely dates to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–3000 BCE). Its significance lies in its association with early funerary and ceremonial practices in the Irish lowlands.

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