What is recorded here

Barrow is a partially destroyed ring-barrow on a natural low hillock in County Offaly, Ireland. It still shows a low uneven mound eleven metres wide and one and a half metres high, enclosed by remains of an inner fosse and external bank. The northern and eastern parts have been lost, but the surviving shape suggests a deliberate circular boundary rather than a random heap of earth.

On natural low hillock in undulating countryside. Barrow which is partially destroyed from N to E where its inner fosse and external bank have been totally destroyed. From the surviving evidence the site consists of a low mound of uneven surface (H 1.5m; diam. 11m E-W) enclosed by an inner fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.2m) with external bank (Wth 2.5m; ext. H 0.5m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices in Atlantic Europe. Its partial destruction limits understanding of its original structure and wider significance.

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