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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

Barrow is a barrow (ring-barrow) in Losset (Toem parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies reclaimed upland pasture as a circular enclosure about 15 metres across, defined by a ditch and a possible outer bank. A mound barrow stands about 560 metres to the northwest, another ring-barrow is 1 kilometre to the east, and a standing stone is about 960 metres to the northeast.
In reclaimed upland pasture. A circular enclosure (overall diam. c. 15m), defined by a fosse and a possible outer bank, visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth satellite imagery, 20 January 2020), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There is a mound barrow (TS045-006----) c. 560m to the NW and within the Losset townland there is a ring-barrow (TS045-010----) 1km to the E and a standing stone (TS045-002----) c. 960m to the NE. See attached: TS045-028----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 20 January 2020) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 7 January 2022
A Neolithic ring-barrow; its significance lies in its potential to provide insights into early burial practices and land use in upland areas.

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