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| MULLAGHMORE RING BARROW 'MURPHY'S FORT' |
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| PHOTO by Pip POWELL 2008 |
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| This site is located on high ground with excellent views all round and is known locally as 'Murphy’s Fort'. This site is contiguous with DOW 047:097; both sites were excavated in 1948-9. It consists of a barrow, c.25m in diameter which had been built over a pit, surrounded by a bank & internal ditch. The pit contained numerous potsherds, an exceedingly small blue glass bead & the cremated bones of at least 4 individuals. The sherds were Late Bronze Age. Adjacent is a set of 5 standing stones in a circle; a large pot & 2 cremations were found with them. |
