I had marked this place for a quick visit site as it is just 4.5km from my house and today was the perfect opportunity to go.
The barrow is a lovely, well preserved ring barrow with a 1m deep ditch all the way around it. From the bottom of the ditch the height is approximately 2.4m tall. The diameter of the ring is around 10m.
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To reach Newtown Hill the best plan is to park at Johnny Fox's pub in Glencullen and walk east towards Kiltiernan until you rach the new church. I crossed to the rear of the churchyard, scrambled over the wall and walked up the hill through the fields.
The barrow is on the crest of the hill behind a hedge from this approach.
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