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Mound in Cloghabreedy

Mound

What is recorded here

Roughly mid-way along the summit of a limestone ridge running roughly E-W. The ground slopes gently to the N, and is level on the other three sides, in rough pasture in an area of limestone outcrop. A small grass-covered oval mound (dims. 8.8m N-S; 11.2m E-W; H 0.4m in S quadrant and 1.11m in E quadrant), with a flat surface (dims. 4.4m N-S; 3.7m E-W). Stones protrude from the top of the mound and at the edge in the NW and WNW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 07 April 2014
A Neolithic passage tomb; dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its location on a prominent limestone ridge suggests it was a significant ceremonial or burial site within a prehistoric landscape.

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