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Barrow in Rathcoon

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What is recorded here

Located at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a N-S ridge (L c. 300m). This is depicted as a small rectangular feature on the 1836 (dims c. 15m x c. 15m) and 1908 (dims c. 20m x c. 20m) editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is a circular grass-covered mound (diam. 9.5m NE-SW; H 2.2 at NE to 2.8m at SW) with a stone revetment (H c. 1m) around its base that survives NW-NE but has probably collapsed elsewhere. The mound supports a single beech tree at the E edge.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME018-028

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  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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