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Mound in Doonbeirne

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Mound in Doonbeirne
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On a S-facing slope, in an area covered by briars and bracken within an extensive quarry complex. An oval mound of earth-and-stone (H 0.75m; 9m N-S; 14m E-W) that is masked by a dense overgrowth of scrub vegetation. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A Neolithic burial mound, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its location within a former landscape suggests potential links to early settlement or ritual activity in the region.

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