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Tullymore Western Ring-Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

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Internal diam. 6m. A circular raised area enclosed by a fosse and an external earthen bank. There is a causeway across the fosse to the W and the interior is very uneven. It is located W of sites (DG107-023003-) and (DG107-023002-). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
A Bronze Age ring-barrow, likely dating to the early to middle first millennium BCE. It represents a funerary monument associated with burial practices and social structures of the period.

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