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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

Barrow is a ring-barrow in County Kerry, Ireland. It is a circular area about thirteen metres across, enclosed by a low bank. The interior is slightly raised and hollows inward. It sits on a gentle north-facing slope in pasture, downslope from a larger barrow. Nearby lies a children's burial ground. The place is quiet, old, and shaped for holding rather than showing off.
In pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope, c. 850m downslope of a large barrow (KE060-004001-). A circular area (diam. c. 13m) enclosed by a low bank (Wth. c. 1.5m; H 0.5m). The interior is slightly raised and is concave in profile. This ring-barrow was recorded as a 'fort' in Pat Cronin's land in the 1940s (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). A children's burial ground (KE060-030003-) is c. 15m to the W in the adjacent field. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
A Neolithic ring-barrow; likely dates to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). It represents a type of funerary monument associated with early farming communities in Ireland.

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Recorded monument

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