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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

On a hummock in gently undulating grassland. This poorly preserved circular ring-barrow (diam. c. 19.7m) comprises a central platform surrounded by a wide shallow fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 0.4m) and a low denuded external earthen bank. The W half of the monument has been almost completely levelled. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 August 2019
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1500 BCE), representing a type of burial monument associated with elite or significant individuals. Its circular fosse and central platform are characteristic of ceremonial or funerary earthworks in prehistoric Ireland.

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What survives
Recorded monument

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