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Barrow — ditch barrow in Ballynagranagh

Barrow — ditch barrow

Why this matters

Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence indicates a tradition of burial and ritual activity in the landscape, though its specific significance remains unclear due to incomplete documentation.

What is recorded here

On a gentle WSW-facing slope, in improved pasture, 72m E of a townland boundary with Portboy which also marks a main watercourse that flows into the Ballynamona River 740m to SE. The southern most of five contiguous barrows (LI032-289/290/291/292/293----) arranged roughly NW-SE along the top of a long ridge and varying from 7-24m distance apart. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 291.05: AP 4/3609) as a small circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage 20/09/20. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 291.05. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 27 November 2020
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