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Barrow — ditch barrow in Coolalough

Barrow — ditch barrow
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In reclaimed pasture immediately N of a field drain running NE-SW. Bowl barrow (LI040-036----) lies 65m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified from McCloud aerial image (27). Described by Sarah Cross and Eoin Grogan in 1994 (License No. 94E0172) as a ‘previously unrecorded ring-ditch was also noted 20m to the north. It measures 7m north-south and 6m east-west. The mound is 3.6m in diameter and c. 0.3m high’. Faint trace of cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached McCloud aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 2 July 2021

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