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Barrow — ring-barrow in Carrickastuck

Barrow — ring-barrow

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A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices common in eastern Ireland. Its form suggests a single interment beneath a circular earthen mound, typical of the period's funerary architecture.

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The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated on top of a slight natural rise in rolling grassland. Ring-barrow (max. dims. 24.8m by 20.8m), comprising a flat, slightly oval-shaped interior (diam. 14m NE-SW) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2.2m) on S to W and N to NE. External bank (Wth 3.2m) visible only from S-W-NE. A modern field fence truncates the fosse and bank from S-E-NE. The site is referred to as a 'small mount' by Stubbs (CLAJ 1909, 129).
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