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Barrow, mound barrow

What is recorded here

Remains of mound, c. 20m in diam., with central depression. Listed as passage-tomb (Herity 1974, 251). Decorated stone (ME019-041001-) found immediately S of fence which borders mound on that side (O'Kelly 1978, 58-9). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007
Neolithic passage tomb, dating to the late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. It is part of the Brú na Bóinne complex, a significant UNESCO World Heritage Site associated with early megalithic funerary and ceremonial practices in Ireland.

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