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Tumulus in Highwood

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on the summit of a low narrow ridge. A low circular convex mound (10.6m N-S; 9.8m E-W) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 1.6m) and an external bank (Wth 1.3m; ext. H 0.6m). The fosse is 0.75m below the mound and 0.5m below the bank. The mound is uneven, possibly as a result of digging, and overgrown with nettles and three blackthorn bushes. The mound and bank are both stony; the bank is burrowed into on the E side.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL035-090

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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