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Mound in Grange

Mound

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A Neolithic burial mound, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its construction reflects early communal burial practices, though its specific cultural or ritual significance remains unrecorded.

What is recorded here

Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Circular flat-topped mound (diam. top 7m; diam. base 17m; H 0.65-0.85m) of earth and rubble limestone with gently sloping sides. There is no fosse visible at ground level. The edge of the mound has been obscured W-E by modern dumps of field clearance rubble rock. The summit of the mound undulates irregularly and slopes gently facing S slopes slightly facing S. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011
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