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Burial mound in Maigh Ráithe

Burial mound
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What is recorded here

Identified by Caroline Carr of the Donegal County Museum (2007-). This huge, approx. rectangular earthwork is known locally as a burial mound. It is flat topped. It is not possible to say whether or not this is a (1) naturally-occurring feature, (2) upcast from a long forgotten drainage of the the Ray River in this area, which is located immediately to the W or a genuine antiquity. Alternatively it may be that it is either one of the first two options that was later used for burials.

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