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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

On the crest of a distinct narrow ridge running NW-SE, in rough, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, on the floodplain of the Camoge River 265m to ENE. A townland boundary with Ragamus lies 35m to WSW. The southern-most of a group of three contiguous barrows (LI032-232001-/03-/04-) which are on top of the ridge; a linear earthwork (LI032-232002-) lies to the immediate W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 218.01: AP 5/2014) as a small circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 10m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 04/04/2013. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 218.01 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 16 November
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its location on a prominent ridge suggests it was a significant burial or ceremonial site in a landscape with potential ritual or territorial importance.

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