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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In rough reclaimed pasture, immediately S of post-1700 field boundary, one of a group of barrows (LI040-055003-/006-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Small circular cropmark (Site No. 040235) identified during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/50000 2552) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Monument visible as D-shaped cropmark immediately S of field boundary on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph from Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline (BGE 1/50000 2552) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 30 April 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). It is part of a group of barrows, indicating a significant prehistoric burial or ritual landscape in the area.

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