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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, 70m S of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Bohercarron and 100m W of the County boundary with Tipperary. Stepped barrow (TS066-122----) lies 200m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Possible barrow identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 16; AP 5/2133). Faint trace of circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 5m) visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 4 August 2021
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its location near a stepped barrow suggests ritual or funerary significance in a broader ceremonial landscape.

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