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Barrow — ring-barrow in Croaghane

Barrow — ring-barrow
Barrow — ring-barrow in Croaghane
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Why this matters

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with single inhumation burials and common in the British and Irish Isles. Its construction reflects early mound-building traditions and the significance of individual burial in prehistoric funerary practices.

What is recorded here

In pasture, on ESE-facing slope. Oval grass-covered mound (H 0.65m; 17.3m N-S; 20.7m E-W) with external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.8m); the barrow has been truncated on its SE side by a field boundary. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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