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In pasture. Semicircular, slightly raised platform (diam. 10m N-S) defined by fosse (D 1m; Wth 3m) S->N with external bank (H 1m). Break in bank to WNW. Site overgrown with furze bushes. Laneway depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map cut through E half of barrow. No visible surface trace of laneway or E half of site survives. Second ring-barrow (7878) c. 25m to ESE; two possible ring-barrows (7889, 7888) c. 10m to ESE and c. 25m to NE respectively. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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Barrow — ring-barrow in Mountrivers

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