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Barrow — ring-barrow in Ballyhobin

Barrow — ring-barrow
Barrow — ring-barrow in Ballyhobin
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Why this matters

A Neolithic ring-barrow; its presence indicates early burial practices in the area, though its wider significance remains unrecorded.

What is recorded here

In rough, wet pasture, 15m E of a townland boundary with Doonvullen Upper and 50m SE of a watercourse. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 149: AP 4/3661). Monument is visible as an irregular suboval-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 149. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 September 2020
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