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Indicated — Glenbane Upper

Barrow — ring-barrow

Why this matters

A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE, characterized by a circular flat-topped mound and an inner fosse. Such monuments are significant as early funerary and ceremonial structures, reflecting social organization and ritual practices of Neolithic communities in the region.

What is recorded here

On flat pasture with good views in all directions. A well-preserved ring-barrow (overall diam. c. 23m) consists of a circular flat-topped mound (top diam. 5m; base diam. 8.2m; H 0.4m) enclosed by an inner fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 5m; ext. D 1m) and outer bank (base Wth 5m; top Wth 1.4m; ext. H 0.65m) which is intersected at the E on a N-S axis by a modern field boundary. The ring-barrow is heavily overgrown and covered in thorn bushes but otherwise in good condition. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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