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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In pasture 160m N of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown. A group of 3 barrows (LI049-029002/04-) lies 105m to SE. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Possible barrow listed as ‘Mitchelstowndown East 8’ by Grogan (1989, 239). Visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 6m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 13/08/2021. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 12 October 2021
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence suggests a local funerary tradition and possible ritual landscape use in Mitchelstowndown East.

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