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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture 160m N of a Stream that marks the townland boundary with Fantstown and 50m S of a railway track. One of six possible barrows (LI048-085/-090----) concentrated in an area measuring 175m X 100m in the S of the townland. Not depicted on OSi historic 6-inch maps. Identified as a possible barrow on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP) taken 05/01/2003. Visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 8m) on Google Earth orthoimage dated 05/04/2006. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 3 September 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). It is part of a small barrow group, indicating a possible ritual or funerary landscape of local significance.

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