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Barrow — ring-barrow in Cahercorney

Barrow — ring-barrow

Why this matters

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices in the Irish landscape. Its identification through aerial photography highlights the importance of such methods in uncovering prehistoric monuments.

What is recorded here

In improved pasture, 145m W of the Camoge River which marks a townland boundary with Ballinard. A ring-barrow (LI032-197----) lies 30m to N. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 152.02: AP 4/3638), as a small roughly circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 14m) defined by an inner fosse and a possible outer bank, best seen on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, barely visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage, Bruff aerial survey image labelled 152.02. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 25 November 2020
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