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Barrow in Brewel West, County Kildare (KD032-025----)

Barrow, ring-barrow
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What is recorded here

In pasture on the long gentle NE slope of Brewel Hill. A second ringbarrow (KD032-024----) lies c. 80m to the E, a third (KD032-023----) c. 230m to the N and a fourth (KD032-022----) c. 250m to the NE. A fairly well-preserved, though overgrown, circular area (diam. 21.5m) is enclosed by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth. 2.2m; D below interior 1.6m; D below outer bank 1.6-2.1m) and a broad outer bank (Wth 9-12.5m; ext. H 1.1m; ext diam. of monument 55m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD032-025

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Official monument number
KD032-025----
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  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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