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Mound in Kilcullen

Mound

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On an E-facing slope in a broadleaf plantation. A low earthen mound (13.2m NNE-SSW; 15.2m WNW-ESE; H c. 0.4-0.5m). There is a standing stone (KK028-099----) in the centre of a mound with a shallow depression around its base. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 October 2013
A Neolithic burial mound, possibly a cairn or barrow, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its central standing stone suggests ritual or funerary significance, typical of early ceremonial landscapes in Ireland.

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