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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In level tillage. The north-eastern of two possible ditch-barrows with second barrow (KD032-008----) 20m to SW visible on a 1969 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL090) as the cropmark of a fosse enclosing a circular area (approx. int. diam. c. 14m). Probably a ringbarrow or a ditch-barrow. See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 28/06/2018 which shows cropmark of the two circular ditch barrows based on information supplied by Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 February 2019
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its association with a visible fosse and circular enclosure, indicating ritual or funerary activity typical of the period.

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