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Barrow — ditch barrow in Ballynamona (coshlea By.)

Barrow — ditch barrow
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In reclaimed pasture 135m E of a stream and 60m W of the townland boundary with Lissard. One of 6 barrows (LI049-072010/015-) in a field to E of drainage ditch that makes up a barrow cemetery concentrated in an area measuring 100m N-S x 115m E-W. Barrow cemetery (LI049-072001/009-) lies 180m to W and enclosure (LI049-072016-) lies 50m to S. Three of the 6 barrows (LI049-072010/015-) in this cemetery were excavated in 1935 by S. P. Ó Ríordáin (1936, 176-177) the results of which were described as follows; ‘In 1935 further excavations were conducted on a total of twenty of these monuments. The results were frankly disappointing as no unmistakable burial was found in any of the barrows excavated’ (Ó Ríordáin 1936, 177). This site which was not excavated is located in N section of the field 50m to the NW of the excavated barrow (LI049-072015-). No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached location map taken from Ó Ríordáin and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 27 September 2021

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