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Mound in Kilbrook

Mound

What is recorded here

On level improved pasture c. 50m S of a holy well (KD004-024----). A low, grass covered, sub-circular, earthen mound (diams. 8.3m N-S; 8m E-W; H 0.4m) is heavily poached by livestock and has no visible stone in its composition. It is visible on an aerial photograph (Holton 1985, Fig. 39; SMR file). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A Neolithic burial mound, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age; its proximity to a holy well suggests possible ritual or ceremonial significance.

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