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Barrow in Glenbane Upper

Barrow, ring-barrow
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On flat pasture with good views in all directions. A well-preserved ring-barrow (overall diam. c. 23m) consists of a circular flat-topped mound (top diam. 5m; base diam. 8.2m; H 0.4m) enclosed by an inner fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 5m; ext. D 1m) and outer bank (base Wth 5m; top Wth 1.4m; ext. H 0.65m) which is intersected at the E on a N-S axis by a modern field boundary. The ring-barrow is heavily overgrown and covered in thorn bushes but otherwise in good condition.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS047-084

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Steven Brown, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Lár na Páirce Museum, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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