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Mound in Coolanoran

Mound

What is recorded here

In a marshy area of waste ground, in a natural hollow. A flat-topped circular mound (diam. 10m; H 1.05m) densely covered by bushes and trees and eroded by cattle in places. The base of the mound is waterlogged NE->SSW which may indicate the presence of a fosse. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A Neolithic burial mound, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age; its location in a natural hollow suggests ritual or funerary significance, though specific cultural associations remain unrecorded.

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